More hi-fi, less wibble
Aug. 22nd, 2006 08:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieSo we are now the proud owners of a shiny (well matt black) new Sony STR-DB895D home cinema receiver.
I briefly toyed with going for the Yamaha AX759SE which has had good reviews, but it's £150-£200 more for no real advantage to people like us who don't have that sensitive an ear for that hi-fi sound!
Barring a brief problem where I wired up the rear speakers to the wrong channel (it's a 7.1 amp so it's got a couple of spares!) it all seems to be working okay.
So does it sound any different? Well, difficult to tell really. Dialogue is a bit sharper, I think (which with my hearing is a plus!). In fairness, it is a like-for-like replacement rather than an upgrade so I don't expect anything too different.
I briefly toyed with going for the Yamaha AX759SE which has had good reviews, but it's £150-£200 more for no real advantage to people like us who don't have that sensitive an ear for that hi-fi sound!
Barring a brief problem where I wired up the rear speakers to the wrong channel (it's a 7.1 amp so it's got a couple of spares!) it all seems to be working okay.
So does it sound any different? Well, difficult to tell really. Dialogue is a bit sharper, I think (which with my hearing is a plus!). In fairness, it is a like-for-like replacement rather than an upgrade so I don't expect anything too different.
