[Ears]

Ears, First off thank you for sharing your experiences with the XR45 and other digital receivers. However I'm confused in regards as to how you are cabling your biwire setup. How do you have this set up? Are you using the digital out from one receiver to the other receivers’ digital out? Then set the source to the same thing on both receivers? Then on set of speaker cables to from each receiver to the speaker right? Thanks...andy

Right now I am using a coaxial cable from my source and an the optical from my source,one to each 45, but I just tried using the coaxial to the source and then the optical out on that 45, to the other 45, and either way works.

I then run one pany to my tweeters and the other to my 7 in mid drivers, and also use two powered subs.

You have to set all your modes,levels ect seperatly, then you can use one remote to control everything.
Volume, individual levels,modes and everything controled by the remote changes both receivers at the same time after matching everything seperatly first.

The only setting I have different on the two, is the 45 that is used on the tweets, is set to small, and the one for the mids to large.

Once in a while the volume gets out of sync if I don't point the remote directly at the receivers, but this is a very small price to pay for the added slam, faster tighter bass, more distinct and clearer highs imo, and eventually I will get used to pointing the remote directly at the two.

[dllawson]

Hope you can help out with a digital (JVC, Pan, Kenwood) receiver decision tree. I have some unique issues that I need your collective advice on. Here's the deal.

I have Paradigm studio 20's on the fronts and center with NHT Zero Ones on the surrounds, and and old Velodyne 1012x in a 5.1 setup. The velodyne is old and has a fixed 85 Hz crossover that can't be defeated (no bypass). I also plan to listen to mostly digital input material (DVD's, D* movies and TV, digital in CD's). At this point I don't envision DVD audio in the equation, or other analog input streams. Now the decisions....

Based on your reviews and opinions, I favor the Panasonic SR50/70 series due to superior digital-in performance (Ears and others), but the high 100 Hz crossover is causing me concerns. I could set the mains and surrounds to Large and the center to small to fill in the "missing" 86-99 Hz frequency. Is this going to work ok, or does the rolloff of the crossover not really significant for a missing 15 Hz and I could set to small?

Conversely, if this doesn't work do I opt for one of the other digital wonders (Kenwood 7100 or JVC F10)? Your reviews state poorer performance on the digital ins for the two latter models vs. the Panasonic. Is the performance THAT much worse on the digital ins on the other receivers? I'm curious if it will degrade to the point where, I might be better off moving out of the digital path receivers to something like a Pioneer Elite 56X with the frills (equalization, better bass management) that might provide equal sound reproduction.

Ah, now you see why I'm losing sleep! You guys provide too many options.
All opinions welcome. Especially those that may have sampled a few of these plus perhaps a pioneer elite.

Thanks, Dan



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[Ears]

Dan, the best way to find the one that best suits your needs, is to buy a couple whith a good return policy after comparing in your room, and whith your speakers.

Whith the Pany not having a 80hz x over setting, I would reccomend the Kenwood for H/T second, and would not discount the JVC either.

They are all a  sonic bargain for double there prices, if not tripple imo.

I run all my speakers large, even though they only go down to 45hz, and then use my x over settings on the subs.

The Kenwood sounds almost broken in when new, and fully broken in a few days later.
It has great analog ins and a slightly fuller midrange.

The JVC sounds kind of tubey, even through its digital ins and has even better analog ins.

There is a lot of discussion on the little digital receivers over at www.avsforum.com but most here are using theres for audio.