Official Integra DTR-80.3 DTR-70.3 Thread - Page 4

Anyone here using their DTR-80. with B&W 804Di or any other 800 series Speakers? Are you satisfied with the quality of the internal amplifiers in the DTR-80 (.1/.2/.3) or do you wish you had external amplifiers?

Chucka

I was playing around with the picture settings today and found something interesting. When setting the picture mode to "through" the only processing is supposed to be upscaling to 1080p for that particular input. At least for me the "through" setting also changes the color temp to a warmer setting. I paused a screen via my directv that had white wording and changed the pic mode from direct to "through" and every time i changed to "through" the whites had a noticeably warmer tone to them than via direct mode. If i then change the mode to custom, 1080p and color temp normal then everything looks the way it should again. So it appears the that the "through" setting is also setting a warmer color temp along with upscaling. Does anybody else see this behavior?

I was playing around some more and here is what i have found. Can anybody else confirm or deny this behavior im seeing?

Custom with the resolution set to 1080p, custom with the resolution set to through and direct look identical to the eye so its only the through setting without using custom that gives white a warmer tone.

Chucka,

I am more than happy with the internal amplification of the DTR 80.3. I did not want to go the separates route due to budget restrictions, and frankly I do not have a concert hall for a living room. I have Klipsch speakers and I definitely heard a noticeable difference in sound. I had a Marantz SR7500 before which had a calibration mic, and I thought that unit sounded really good. The most noticeable difference for me was the Audyssey calibration. The listening area is night and day compared to the Marantz. The Integra has more than enough juice to power what you have, and if you are not in a large room you wouldn't need to go to separates.

Hope this helps.

Josh D.

I'll see what I can come with when I get home today.

To avoid cluttering up multiple threads if you wish to follow this conversation please see this post and follow the dhc 80.3 thread. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post21862106

Thanks for your reply. My wife would prefer if I go with a receiver as opposed to separates, which I now have in another room in my house. As this is for a new condo installation (we coming from a house and this being a shared room), she wants it as clean and as simple as possible. But I also want the best quality sound as possible with the alternative to the DTR-80.3 being a DHC-80.3 with Anthem A5 or Wyred 4 Sound Mini MC7 Ch. Condo means running the system at not too high levels.

Chucka

For anyone interested, I have my Integra DTR-70.3 listed under the AVS Classified section.

Do you mind if i ask why you are selling?

Sounds like your best bet is an AVR. I also live in a condo myself, so I understand where you are coming from. Save the cash and get the DTR 80.3 you will not be disappointed.

Through a series of trade-ins with my A/V store I was able to acquire a Paradigm Sub 25 for $400 out of pocket by purchasing an Anthem MRX700 (the receiver I have always wanted) and selling my Integra DTR-70.3

It is an absolute awesome receiver.....the cards ultimately ended up falling a different way for me. I hope for the price I am offering it someone will swoop in and take it off my hands soon.

Hi JShin, settings confirmed as per recommendations. I found the culprit. BD Output Mode was set to Mix instead of Direct on BD player. I now have TrueHD light .

I apologize if this has been asked and answered. I'm an avid PC gamer and setting up a home theater. Can the DTR-80.3 be set up so that the PC sound (say from PCM PC sound source or optical PC sound source) is processed and sent to the speakers, but the HDMI signal is passed through the receiver without processing so there is no input lag with PC games? If so, then the receiver would be providing the sound while acting as a simple HDMI source switch for my gaming projector (Optoma GT750e). I know from the user manual I can set the DTR-80.3 to pass the HDMI signal through the receiver while the receiver is in standby so I can headphones PC game, but can I PC game with speakers on without input lag? I could wire the system where the PC HDMI plugs direct to the projector and the sound cabling plugs into the receiver and I know that will work as I want, but it would mean running more cabling and limiting the number of projector gaming sources (without more HDMI switching hardware) to two sources . You know us gamers, input lag is everything!

I've got a DTR 70.1 and it pushes everything better than I ever expected. And very clean as well. I'm pushing 2 Revel M10 (front L/R), 2 Revel M8 (rear L/R), 1 Revel C10 (center), 1 Revel B120 sub (rear) and 1 Rel sub (front). I use for home theater and also music. Both sound very precise and clean.

Ok, I've looked at the product pages, and the pictures, and aside from different colored speaker posts, I don't see much of a difference visually.

Also from the product pages it appears the 70.3 has support for Deep Color, x.v.Color, Lipsync, CEC Support, and 1080p Upscaling, but the 80.3 does not (which doesn't seem to make sense).


80.3
Shielded Toroidal Transformer (Checked)
Independent Power Supply 4
192K / 32-Bit Audio DAC Burr-Brown (x6)
Deep Color, x.v.Color, Lipsync, CEC Support -


70.3
Shielded Toroidal Transformer -
Independent Power Supply 2
192K / 24-Bit Audio DAC Burr-Brown (x6)
1080p Upscaling (HQV Vida)
Deep Color, x.v.Color, Lipsync, CEC Support (Checked)


So what's the story with the differences? Am I missing something obvious here?

Can anyone direct me to someone selling these at a good price?

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I wasn't aware that the 70.3 had a toroidal transformer. You sure that isn't a missprint?

Cheers,
SB

It's unchecked for the shielded toroidal transformer, what the misprint is that it says it has two independent power supplies where in fact it has the same amount as the 80.3 has with 4. The only difference amp section wise between the two are the toroidal transformer and higher rated caps for the 80.3.

Last night I was watching cable and all of a sudden the screen went green then black. I get no picture on any HDMI input, sound seems to be working ok.

I hope this model is not plagued with the HDMI failure issues other Onkyo and Integra models are having. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1339186/the-official-onkyo-rc270-nr708-nr808-nr1008-nr5008-integra-80-2-failure-thread

Has anyone else had a similar problem with their 80.3?

I called Integra and Sergio walked me through a soft reset, unplug the power cord for over 1 minute, and then voila, magic, the HDMI inputs started working again!!!!!

Thanks to Sergio at Integra Customer Support for making my day!!!

Does the 80.3 really support deep color ? Why i ask is because i have the HDMI set to Through and the input shows 36bits but output only 30 ?

Any idea ?

Been a while since anyone responded to this tread.
I am looking at getting either a DHC or DTR 80.3. The product literature says that the DTR does NOT do Deep Color, x.v. color, Lipsync, or CEC Support. The DHC unit supports all of these.
Also the 4k upscaling chip is different; DHC uses an HQV Vida but the DTR used the Marvell Kyoto G2h.

I am on the fence...my intended projector will do Deep Color but I was leaning to the DTR to same some money and space in my rack instead of doing separates. Now I am back to confused again.