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I would expect, unless you live in a steel mill or electrical substation, any difference you hear will be due to differences in parts between the two interfaces or vendor implementation.
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Re: Triggered pulled - Active LFR-1100's are on order!
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I was thinking the RMC-1 ... but after some research, it became clear the biggest benefit to the RMC-1 was Atmos and other surround formats, things that don't matter in a 2 channel system The RMC-1 is a bit too new ... and you would end up as a involuntary beta tester. The biggest benefit IMO is 16 channels and the promise of future expandability. It’s totally the wrong device for straight stereo. Since Im interested in 2 channel and surround I decided to go the 8805 route for now. Figure It will keep me happy while I wait and see what future holds in this ever changing surround and room correction space. I will definitely be interested in hearing your take on Dirac.
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Re: Triggered pulled - Active LFR-1100's are on order!
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Rich - I was also tempted for the 8805, as I already have a 7703. The store owner nearest me said for 2 channel, he could not hear a difference between the 77XX and 88XX series, so the Emotiva won. The fact that the refurb unit was $1299 with Dirac didn't hurt.
Based on my experience with the 7703, I think you will be thrilled with the 8805. One cool aspect is you CAN run Audyssey and turn off the mains for 2 channel, and still have it EQ The subwoofer.
Swapping out the 7703 isn't because it seemed like I was missing anything (in fact, we also have a PS Audio Stellar Gain preamp that gets raves, and the Marantz matched it for sound quality), but rather wanting to try Dirac and also get a feel for Emotiva's preamps.
I may grab a pair of Emotiva 5 channel amps this fall to compare to Axiom's - that's a whole different story, though.
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Re: Triggered pulled - Active LFR-1100's are on order!
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House of the Rising Sone
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Re: Triggered pulled - Active LFR-1100's are on order!
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The power specs for the above are for 2 channels only. No 4 Ohm specs.
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Mojo ... that Marantz has been around for a couple of years.
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Yeah...it doesn't appear to be similarly good to the 1000. :p
Folks are reporting very good noise performance though.
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Craig, have you also considered Monoprice for comparison?
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Rich - I was also tempted for the 8805, as I already have a 7703. The store owner nearest me said for 2 channel, he could not hear a difference between the 77XX and 88XX series, so the Emotiva won.. I would have bought the 77xx series but wanted the extra channels... I’m sure I would not be able to hear the difference between any of these preprocessors ... that said the surround and room correction implementation might be noticeable between brands.
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Mojo ... Monoprice has some serious quality issues. For the price, I could not recommend their stuff.
Rich - Hard to beat the 8805 for its ability to do everything.
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