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Originally Posted by StephenBishop 
Here are some more random observations on my AVP A1HD:
1) Fixed my router problem
and changed the AVP A1HD network connection to ethernet lan. Seems fractionally faster than the wlan connection.
2) I am using TwonkyMedia UPnP MediaServer (30 day free trial) to access media on my Maxtor NAS. This is pretty good as it allows the AVP A1HD to access the media on the NAS with the computer switched off (my NAS is on all the time). I was not able to do that with WMP11 (the computer needed to be on for the AVP A1HD to access the media on the NAS). I think I will buy a TwonkyMedia licence when my free trial is up using the Denon discount voucher included with the AVP A1HD.
3) Internet radio and music streaming starts up quickly and works well. Photo and video streaming sucks
- takes a very long time! Not sure what the problem is- whether I am doing something wrong or the problem is inherent in the technology.
4) HDMI video signals cannot be switched to other sources e.g. I cannot watch a hdmi video signal from my cable tuner when listening to Internet radio!
5) I changed from RCA out to XLR Out. I had to recalibrate the audyssey settings as the sound using the previous RCA out audyssey settings was terrible. After recalibration using the XLR Out, the audyssey settings once again produce great 5.1 sound. I do not know whether I am imagining things, but I get the sense that the sound using the XLR Out is more "neutral" than the sound using the RCA Out.
6) The remote is very counter intuitive and a big disappointment. It also appears a bit "sticky" i.e. sometimes I have to press a remote key more than once for the AVP A1HD to respond. I wonder what the problem is?
Here are some more random observations on my AVP A1HD:
1) Fixed my router problem
and changed the AVP A1HD network connection to ethernet lan. Seems fractionally faster than the wlan connection.2) I am using TwonkyMedia UPnP MediaServer (30 day free trial) to access media on my Maxtor NAS. This is pretty good as it allows the AVP A1HD to access the media on the NAS with the computer switched off (my NAS is on all the time). I was not able to do that with WMP11 (the computer needed to be on for the AVP A1HD to access the media on the NAS). I think I will buy a TwonkyMedia licence when my free trial is up using the Denon discount voucher included with the AVP A1HD.
3) Internet radio and music streaming starts up quickly and works well. Photo and video streaming sucks
- takes a very long time! Not sure what the problem is- whether I am doing something wrong or the problem is inherent in the technology.4) HDMI video signals cannot be switched to other sources e.g. I cannot watch a hdmi video signal from my cable tuner when listening to Internet radio!
5) I changed from RCA out to XLR Out. I had to recalibrate the audyssey settings as the sound using the previous RCA out audyssey settings was terrible. After recalibration using the XLR Out, the audyssey settings once again produce great 5.1 sound. I do not know whether I am imagining things, but I get the sense that the sound using the XLR Out is more "neutral" than the sound using the RCA Out.
6) The remote is very counter intuitive and a big disappointment. It also appears a bit "sticky" i.e. sometimes I have to press a remote key more than once for the AVP A1HD to respond. I wonder what the problem is?
Thanks once again for sharing with all us "soon to be" owners of the AVP-A1HD/HDCI.
Excellent that music streaming works great! This is something that I am really looking forward to using. And I was curious about Twonky Media (was going to use it for my iTunes library), good to know it works really well. Bummer that video streams don't works as well, but for me it's no biggie as I am only going to stream music.
Yes XLR connections are definitely the best way to go! This is how I am going to connect the AVP to my Sunfire amp. Sounds like Audyssey works really well with movie soundtracks. How did Audyssey affect the LFE sound? After calibration is the bass a bit weaker than before calibration? Is Audyssey defeatable?
Bummer on the remote and it not working the way it should. I wonder if all the remotes will be this way?
But it seems like so far, pretty much everything about the AVP (except the remote) works quite well and the sound quality is tops. Very cool.
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Originally Posted by StephenBishop
It is very lonely being the only one on this forum posting user comments on the AVP A1HD! Cannot wait for the rest of you to get your toys and join in the discussion.
In the meantime, if you have specific question, please post and I will try my best to check and respond (bearing in mind that I am not an expert in these issues by any definition).
It is very lonely being the only one on this forum posting user comments on the AVP A1HD! Cannot wait for the rest of you to get your toys and join in the discussion.
In the meantime, if you have specific question, please post and I will try my best to check and respond (bearing in mind that I am not an expert in these issues by any definition).
Yeah it kinda sucks that we still don't have ours.
And quite possibly we will have to be asking you questions about things for the next 3 weeks or so. We really do appreciate you taking the time to share your findings and answering our questions. Glad to have you with us here.
Seth
