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But there is no LFE signal in 2 channel. Filtering a stereo source into sub and mains usually involves a digital crossover somewhere, doesn't it?

This last part conflicts with what you're trying to achieve. Audyssey and bass management are done digitally in the AVR. Give it an analog signal, it will re-digitize it.

It's lossless. If you go from wav to ALAC and back to wav you end up with the same bits. If there's any loss from just sticking a CD in and letting iTunes do its thing in ALAC, it will be from the CD...

In your case, 3/2.1 (5.1) is better. You only get stereo PCM over optical.

Why?

As to the OP, I'd send it back. It's a pain, but something's definitely wrong with it.

Check for speakers out of phase? Other than that, I don't know. Try avsforum.com for more Marantz owner comments.

That's not arguable. They are the same.



Not necessarily. Any more these days, people expect the receiver to do some DSP stuff (bass management, EQ), and that's going to be done in the digital...

Macs have this, but I'm pretty sure the ipod doesn't. The Wadia would be quite pointless if getting digital from an ipod was simple.

Marantz don't sound bright. Reset the unit. Maybe since it was refurb it has some weird settings.

I have one.



I tried the different modes, and some of them are interesting, but I just leave it on Auto so it does whatever it gets from the source.



Hit the p.direct button twice to put...

If you use the antenna and built-in tuner to get TV broadcasts with Dolby audio, you have to have some way to get that to a receiver.

I think you mean PCM. DSD encoders in consumer electronics are rare to nonexistent. Why are you re-digitizing the output from your Dac1?



Yeah, in the end you're using the same DAC either way...

A dock with a line out will be louder than the minijack, but really the analog output on anything intended to be used with headphones is weak. There are liability issues if you sell a product that...

No. Most TVs are not made to be audio switchers or audio processors. The optical out is to get Dolby signals received through the antenna to your receiver where they can be processed, since your TV...

You might be able to set up distance and levels yourself, but most people don't have the equipment available to do EQ. Some rooms don't really need it. If the 6001's not in your budget, then it's...

Yes, it is, but if you're looking to do this to avoid a PCM conversion then you're wasting your time. The 981 doesn't do DSD direct to analog. It converts to PCM first, as do many other SACD players....

Yes. Marantz are better about making rated power than most. The 6001 refurb for about $80 more gets you a little more amp and Audyssey.

More distortion when they rated the 1018, and/or they're lying.

If lots of refurbs being sold are a sign of poor QC, what are we to make of Polk Audio? I'm willing to bet right now that most refurbs are nothing more than open-box returns from people "shopping"...

The answer is yes. Wolfson WM8728. The part numbers from Pioneer for the power supply assembly, power transformer, power amp assembly, regulator assembly, DC/DC assembly, pre-amp assembly, DSP...

Probably the same reasons refresh rate issues never bothered people for most of NTSC history. Small TV, not much resolution.

That unique gait is gone and replaced by a lopsided 3:2 cadence when played back on a 60 Hz TV though. The only way to see 24 fps correctly is with a refresh rate that's an even multiple of 24. A...

You actually can't choose at all, other then when you buy your TV. If an LCD refreshes at 120 Hz, then that's what it does. You can only choose how it processes various sources to fit into the 120 Hz...

Are you sure you aren't thinking of DACs? Decoding is decoding. There aren't better and inferior ways of doing it. As pointed out above, where decoding is done could effect where, how, and if bass...

If it's done properly, 24 fps refreshed at 120 Hz doesn't look like video. It looks like something shot at 24 fps.