Denon 3910 Owners Thread - Page 191

You have to send your 3910 to Dubai to have it "M Jackson"-enabled.
Or was it Saudi Arabia?

That's funny stuff right there, I don't care who you are!

Thanks, but why would you care who I am?

It won 't play Jermaine if you do that.

I guess you're not a big fan of Larry the Cable Guy!

Anyway, stay on topic...

Sorry, nope.

Oh, um... Larry the Cable Guy has never played on my 3910!
But Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is about to!

Here's what I got:

ESO 6609-D
Make Day 719D
DRV 030825
System 6767-5
DSP 6770
C20041028

hmmmm very interesting mine is manufactured on AGO/2005 and have the 6609-C yet

Has anyone compared the 3910 against the Marantz DV 9600? Marantz seems to have better reputation for audio quality, but not sure about video. Both Marantz and Denon are owned by the same company, so they may be more similar than different. Trying to decide between the two...

Based on posts (I have not compared them myself), the Denon is better for PQ and the Marantz for audio. That being said, we're not talking major differences.

Hey Bill,

Am I going to run into any "proprietary" connection issues with the 3910's IEEE audio connection? I ended up going with a Pioneer receiver and plan on using it's IEEE connection with the 3910 for the multi-channel stuff and I presumed that there wouldn't be a problem but now I'm starting to second guess myself.

What posts were those? I gave my impressions, and CKL reviewed the 9600 and provided a link to avbuzz.com. Neither of us said the 3910 was better for PQ. I've been scrounging around for any other impressions...lemme know what you found.

I had both machines inhouse for 30 days and the PQ is absolutely no comparison whatsoever on my Runco 930 CRt, coming in HDMi-VGA. The ABT scaling capability (DVDO), able to go 10 bit if the display is capable, in the DV9600 combined with the fine Pioneer-based deinterlacer makes this machine second only to the 5910 in PQ, IMHO (and CKL agrees). It's also one of those nice 480i-over-HDMI machines that would make it a nice transport for a scaler (but then again its own scaler is very very good). As afar as sound quality, the 9600's analog section is first-rate and beats the 3910 heartily. However, the Denon has more flexibility (DenonLink3) and the 3910 build quality is slightly better, IMO. I liked the 3910's ease of use.

The legitimate dealer street price of the 9600 is some 60% higher than the same for the 3910 however, so all this ain't free. I bought the 9600.....so take all what I said as buyer justification if you want. The 3910 PQ was very good, as good as I'd ever seen under $3k...until I saw the 9600.

I was wondering the same thing.
Will the 3910's iLink transfer the DSD signal of SACD as well as the DVD-A signal for the Pioneer receiver to decode?
I assume it will send the DTS, DD and PCM signals in digital form.

shane

yup

"Am I going to run into any "proprietary" connection issues with the 3910's IEEE audio connection? I ended up going with a Pioneer receiver and plan on using it's IEEE connection with the 3910 for the multi-channel stuff."

No.
I have a 3910 set up with a 59TXi. Ran iLink (IEEE/Firewire) from the Denon to the Pioneer without any special menu setup with NO problem.

As a matter of fact - the quality of the audio was markedly better than standard digital, through either coaxial or optical cables (high-quality cables used). In virtually every way the quality is better than any other digital reproduction I've heard since 1982, including multi-thousand dollar systems. There are some serious technical reasons why iLink should be better and they turn out to be valid and audible.

That's the beauty if Firewire/IEEE1394/iLink, it's NOT proprietary!

I guess I need to set the Denon 3806 to accept the new firmware upgrade with Denon link 3 enabled.

It works!

Regardless whether you like Michael Jackson, that album rocks. Listening to the Beatles "Rubber Soul" now.

I purchased a 3910. Saw that there was a remote hack. Have not been able to get this one to work. Any sugestions? This player has the latest Denon link 3. Is this the problem?

Thanks guys for the confirmation. One of the reasons I wanted IEEE-1394 was that it seemed to be a completely Non-Proprietary connection but when you spend these $$ on equipment, your mind sometimes tends to make you wonder...you know?

Now...I presume that the 1394 cable I need is 4pin to 4pin...is that correct? I presume this because I don't have a 4pin to 4pin already and that ends up being the case. I'll have every possible option for connection but the one I need

Right again, Paul, it *is* the 4-pin variety.

Paul,

My 3910 (and I presume everyone else's) came with the necessary 1394 cable. I've been very pleased with the combination of 1394 audio and HDMI video from the 3910 - nice not to have to switch between digital and 6-channel inputs and nice to just put in the disc (CD, DVD Audio, DVD Video, SACD) without having to change inputs.

Cheers,

Mike

My 3910 didn't come with firewire, it came with a DenonLink cable (cat 5)

Ted,

When did you buy your player? I bought mine the beginning of February - it came both with a Cat 5 cable for DenonLink and a 1394 cable (items 5 and 6 on the included accessories list on page 6 of the manual). I use the 1394 to hook the 3910 to the AVR-5805.

Cheers,

Mike

Mine was about same time...Crutchfield. No longer have it, but it only had Denonlink.. I bought an s400 firewire cable anyway.

The 3910 manual shows a IEEE1394 cable included. Mine had one with it.

I bought my 3910 from Crutchfield two weeks ago. It came with firewire and Denon Link.

Guess you're right. Looking at my old Crutchfield order, the ilink cable was included. I must have left it in the packaging......was using DenonLink3 only anyway. Then when I got the Marantz DV9600 (ilink only) I realized I didn't own a proper s400 firewire cable (Denon was packed up to go back by then) so I bought one. Sorry for the confusion....Senior moment.

I realized this has probably asked a million times but after hours of searching this thread I can't find the exact answer I'm looking for. I am using my 3910 with a 4306 receiver and a hitachi plasma. My question is: if i run HDMI from the 3910 to the 4306 and then HDMI from the 4306 to the plasma should I also use the denon link cable form my sound or just use the HDMI for sound and video? If I hook up both will the 3910 automatically "sense" the disc and send the audio out through the appropriate path? ie HDMI for DVD and denon link for DVD-A/SACD? Thanks in advance for helping me understand this.

Has anybody figured out a work-around (if there might be one) to address the DualDisc issue? Talking Heads just released most of their catalog and I picked up Remain In Light, but the 3910 won't even recognize the non-DVD side of the disc. The DVD side plays fine, but no luck with the other.

Any thoughts?

J.

Are you successfully playing other SACD's?