exanim8r

exanim8r updated 3 products

Updated Yamaha RX-V663

August 29, 2008 at 12:05 am

New pro/con: Adaptive Dynamic Range Control (ADRC). New feature this year where Dynamic Range gradually adjusts according to the volume. Great for commercials and quiet/headphone listening.

Agreed: "Only 2 HDMI inputs - competition has 4"

Disagreed: "Annoying model # convention (RX-V663 = HTR-6160)"

Agreed: "Does not pass BTB or WTW. However this is the case w/ all Yammie receivers currently out & hoped to be fixed w/ a firmware update."

Updated Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K

August 29, 2008 at 12:01 am

Tapped as "want it"

Untapped as "want it"

Tapped as "want it"

Agreed: "110 Watts of continuous power output (NOT 130 W)"

Disagreed: "High power output @ 130 Watts / channel"

Updated Yamaha RX-V863

August 28, 2008 at 11:51 pm

Agreed: "No BTB/WTW support (0-255 RGB signals clipped to 15-235). Full Range sources (such as games) are the most affected."

New pro/con: No BTB/WTW support (0-255 RGB signals clipped to 15-235)

exanim8r commented on Pioneer VSX-1018AH-K

August 28, 2008 at 11:56 pm

"Watch out for the audio limitations over HDMI. Page 33 in the manual (fine print) states that only up to 96KHz/24bit are supported. While this is enough for most users, there are 192KHz/24bit DVD/BD-audio discs and Super Audio CD's commercially available."