Posts by kousikb

I gave up on my requirement of hdmi pass through and got the harman kardon 1700. Impressive sound and runs a lot cooler than my previous receiver. It's able to drive the tv via a 50' hdmi cable. The Yamaha failed on that. My previous HK...

Yes CM7001 would work as well and so would be the DTVPal DVR. The ARC feature is a new feature useful for people with OTA connection to TV or apps (e.g. netflix, amazon VOD) within TV sending the audio channel to the receiver. As you can...

Quote:Originally Posted by nygman5 Thanks for the info. If I used an HDMI cable from the TV to the Denon would this mean I could not get 5.1 sound ? My home is new construction and have it prewired from wall where TV will be mounted...

If your TV supports ARC (Audio Return channel), enable it via the menu and connect the receiver to the TV via a HDMI cable which supports AC.

This is also a dream amp setup for me. Tube amp has certain noise, which really clicks with me. Sometime back I have seen an ad of barebone PC setup with tube amp. I have to search to see if it came into production or not.

Hooked up the avr1700 today. The sound quality is exactly same as avr254. It sounds more powerful than 254 but by not much. At -19db volume level it filled up my entire basement. With the avr254 it needed level around -17db. I ran the...

No you need display.. the iOS/android app is not rich enough yet to fully control from smartphone. That's why I suggested to attach a $20 LCD display. On a second thought lot of receivers these days are integrating network features...

Quote:Originally Posted by Stephen Hopkins This is just IMHO, but I've found whole-home audio (or video) is much less frustrating when done with individual clients in the various locations. Whether Roku boxes or ATVs, they're cheap...

Although the receiver is removed from the website, few bestbuy still have them in stock. Some have it as open box (usually the last piece for $169), and some have it as brand new ($199). If you ask a sales associate, he can look up the...

AVR 254 has up scaling feature for analog video input as well as you can have a combination of hdmi video and analog audio together. It's heavier compared to AVR 1700. I got the AVR 1700 today, haven't unboxed it though. I have now...