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| Tiger |
posted on 31st Jul 09 at 15:37 |
All looking good so far, pre-amp next. Shame I cant get a full width pre-amp to match the amp and turntable really, the ones im looking at are like, half size. | |
| Toby |
posted on 28th Jul 09 at 12:28 |
quote: Im sorry :( | |
| Tiger |
posted on 27th Jul 09 at 15:03 |
quote: Thats exactly what I said I did :lol: | |
| Toby |
posted on 25th Jul 09 at 13:48 |
quote: why not run the Optical cable form PS3 straight to the AVR so at least you will get Dolby Digital instead of prologic | |
| Tiger |
posted on 22nd Jul 09 at 15:27 |
I've got the Project Debut III Esprit with a nice Ortonfon Alpha cartridge fitted. Got a lovely inch thick white acrylic platter too :! | |
| Dom |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 23:41 |
quote: yeah phono stage, was thinking you wanted to preamp the azur :lol: What have you looked at for the Debut? Always wanted to get a decent turntable but don't have enough vinyl to justify it. | |
| Tiger |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 21:22 |
quote: I'm not fussed about HDMI, I use my PS3 for blu-ray into the TV via HDMI then the digital optical out from PS3 into amp. | |
| DaveyLC |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 20:55 |
no hdmi :( | |
| Tiger |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 19:43 |
I need the pre amp to run my Project Debut MM turntable, nothing else :) The Azur has only line level phono stages. | |
| Dom |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 19:22 |
quote: to be honest it doesn't matter if there aren't any sound differences, it wasn't a bad sounding amp in the first place. Eitherway, v2 has a lot more improvements elsewhere, like variable crossovers, extra coax connection, improved HD support on the components etc. quote: Surely you mean power amp(s) and using the azur as the decoder/processor (pre-amp stage)? Buying a decoder/processor(pre-amp) would mean using the azur as a power amp (Which you can't do, has 6.1 inputs but it still passes through the preamp stage, like volume/tone controls). Personally i wouldn't bother, i don't think the azur is a good enough decoder for power amping and i don't think it's amping stage warrants spending loads on an external decoder(pre-amp stage), if you manage to bypass the pre-amp stage on the azur. I would put the cash towards getting a decent speaker package - MA Radius's, AE Neo's, B&W setup etc | |
| Tiger |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 18:52 |
I guess it wouldnt really show unless you were listening to the unit on 90% volume, and how many people do that regulary with 80W RMS across 6 channels. | |
| Dom |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 18:49 |
quote: Yeah this is what was said in what hi-fi/cinema and the likes, but a few people over on avforums have done side-by-sides with the v1 and 2 and said there was hardly any difference in it. But i've only heard the v1 and it seemed pretty good on a set of AEs, versus price obviously. | |
| Tiger |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 18:04 |
Apparently they upgraded the PSU's on the amps on the V2 giving them a lot more headroom in the punch department. | |
| Tiger |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 18:02 |
Version 2. This one was bought new in Oct 2006. | |
| Dom |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 17:24 |
It's a pretty good amp, was looking at them back in 2005 when they came out to go with my CA 300 DVD player (cost £300 when i got) but it does lack on the video switching side of things. Saying that, what version did you get? As version 2 of the 540r had a lot of improvements (not a lot on the sound side of things mind), especially with HD switching on the components. | |
| Tiger |
posted on 21st Jul 09 at 16:13 |
Just picked myself up a Cambridge Audio 6.1 AV Amp for £105 off Ebay :) |