I've been "needing" to upgrade my Kenwood VR-2080 receiver to one that handles HDMI. Santa brought a 1080p projector so I can't use my TV for switching any longer. When I set up the projector, I ran HDMI and a composite cable for legacy support. The plan is to upconvert with the receiver once I have the go ahead from the Mrs and use the composite video cable as a 12v trigger. The audio on my kenwood receiver has held up quite well. My bluray player is configured to output DTS @96khz (which is twice the 2080's stated sampling handling of 48khz), so the sound remains truly impressive--not the best but certainly not bad. I'm actually not expecting much improvement in sound quality, but need to simply the system a bit with the HDMI.
So...back to the thread topic. I had mentally decided that the Elite 23 was going to be the replacement. Then this week I've been reading about the new 1020 and 1120's coming out soon and had a few questions.
1. Upconversion: Does anybody know if the 1120 with the Marvell will outperform the 23 in upconversion? Best I could tell this might be similar to video comparison of the 23 with one of the SC receivers (which use the same chip as the new 1120??)?
2. Is this the end of the mid-tier elites (non-ice)? With the 1120 now in the mix, I don't see room for the 21 & 23 anymore. I'm wondering if the Elite's will only be ice amps. I'm not looking to wait until late summer so I'm trying not to be paralyzed thinking about what might be coming down the road. I'm also not going to get the go ahead for a receiver much higher than $500 to $700, so it would serve no purpose to wait for something that would be too expensive. If there was a 23-replacement near the price point of the 1120, it would seem like waiting would be best. Anybody else wrestling with this thought?
So...back to the thread topic. I had mentally decided that the Elite 23 was going to be the replacement. Then this week I've been reading about the new 1020 and 1120's coming out soon and had a few questions.
1. Upconversion: Does anybody know if the 1120 with the Marvell will outperform the 23 in upconversion? Best I could tell this might be similar to video comparison of the 23 with one of the SC receivers (which use the same chip as the new 1120??)?
2. Is this the end of the mid-tier elites (non-ice)? With the 1120 now in the mix, I don't see room for the 21 & 23 anymore. I'm wondering if the Elite's will only be ice amps. I'm not looking to wait until late summer so I'm trying not to be paralyzed thinking about what might be coming down the road. I'm also not going to get the go ahead for a receiver much higher than $500 to $700, so it would serve no purpose to wait for something that would be too expensive. If there was a 23-replacement near the price point of the 1120, it would seem like waiting would be best. Anybody else wrestling with this thought?