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Rick, I wish there was a easy way to compare pre/pros. I have the Sherwood/Newcastle P-965, and there have been reports that it can compete sonically with the AVM20. If so, I would love to hear it for myself.
-curtis
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Curtis, is there an Anthem dealer near you who'd
let you audition an AVM30? I have only heard good
things about the P-965. You're welcome to bring yours
over for a shootout. The only difficult part is last
month I moved to Phoenix! But you and yours could swing
by and hang out by my pool while we did some listening.
Planning a trip to the Grand Canyon? Maybe you should...[8D]
Rick
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I just went to Sherwoods website. The P965 is indeed
a nice pre/pro! I'm especially interested in this feature...
Digitally Re-Masters PCM to 192 /24
How does this sound? This seems similiar to what the D1 does
on ALL digital sources, including DD and DTS. That was a big
selling point for me, but at $5000, it was just too pricey.
Rick
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To be honest, I have not done any real critical comparing, I can't tell if it makes a difference or not, but I leave it turned on.
So all your gear is now in Arizona? I am actually going to be close to Riverside on Friday.
-curtis
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Oh man, you just missed me! Yeah, all my stuff is
in Arizona now. But if you're gonna be near Riverside,
just keep going! You'll hit Palm Springs and then, just
a few hours later, you're in Phoenix! You'll know because
there's all this cactus and stuff...
The Integra DPS 10.5 universal player I got has a cool feature
(speaking of upsampling). It'll take external video sources
(like VHS or LD via S-video or composite), digitizes it,
de-interlaces it, and scales it to the display in the digital
domain. It outputs it via component. I'm using a plasma, so
this is a GREAT feature for my laserdisc collection! I'm still
playing around with the whole system, so I'm not sure it outputs
progressive video via HDMI yet. The manual is a little murky,
to say the least....
Rick
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I used to date a girl in Riverside many many years ago. One of my best friends just moved to Temecula with his family and is a professor at UCR. I am meeting him at Green River for golf on Friday.
That is a cool feature on the Integra universal. Needless to say, you have some pretty cool electronics all the way around!
HDMI is a digital interface...shouldn't it be progressive?
-curtis
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It should output progressive. All logic says it should.
The manual says all resolutions output through HDMI are interlaced.
But the manual is anything but clear on a lot of points.
I haven't got my 42" plasma yet, so i can't test it[]
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BTW, Anthem is going to implement something similar
on all their pre/pros in an upgrade due around the end
of the year...
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NICE!
No hardware upgrades for the P-965...just firmware.
Question: What pushed you to plasma?
-curtis
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It's all about the picture, baby!!
Actually, I'm going with EDTV vs. HDTV because
my home theater is exclusively for prerecorded
material. I wanted the resoulution of the display
to be as close as possible to DVD's without making
standard definition signals look poor, which I
understand is a danger with hi-def plasmas/ projectors
etc. Besides, EDTV was a LOT cheaper...[]
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