My old Sony STR-DE698 is no longer adapted to the new HD signals, and its really not being in top hi, I made the leap and enjoyed myself. After much research, test readings and familiar Yam, I launched. Amp ordered and received 48 hours later. Amazon thank you! Meanwhile the factor, removing the Sony amp, tracking every son (and there was!). The amp comes, connections made in 20 min. I lack an analog input, I chose to sacrifice my Platinum K7 (sniff), but preserves my minidisc, my Pioneer LaserDisc player, my turntable and my SACD player, who will now unfortunately only 2.0 and 5.1, 5.1 analog input fault, but that I knew. The platinum Bluray Panasonic, the Freebox Revolution are connected by HDMI. Only my SACD (who was also DVD) is also connected in single RCA video for viewing on the plasma screen. It is time to turn the baby and set it. I plug the microphone calibration, and shoo. Two minutes later, it's done. I control the settings found by the amp, and good surprise, he took over the volumes and distances that I had set on the former: for me the detection is really powerful. I refine certain points such as the YPAO, I put live, and gaining sitting in the grave after the YPAO report set to "flat" by the amp. I let warm soft, electronics without the strong nine, I love;) This amp is connected to the speakers ELTAX Monitor IV, columns front, center, rear and library. 1st test with SACD Norah jones, single stereo; Disk I know on the fingertips 5.1 ... and there, what a surprise! it's beautiful! Spatialization is certainly less there, but the heat of the instruments and voice are so much more beautiful on this amp as the Sony !!! I test with a burned CD DTS 5.1, the optical output of 200cd my jukebox. Eh eh, not bad at all! The black album of Metallica, a Pink Floyd dire straits ... and the neighbors are absent, the amp is hot ... I get the sound. There, I think I'll take a break and listen. Enchainent some vinyl and a movie on DVD and Bluray. The sound is just a fall, and the image after enabling upscaling is even more beautiful on my Pana plasma. Musically dematerialized, MP3 (which I take in 320, otherwise it's horrible) going rather well, and the booster doing its taf, what adding a bit too low to my taste. FLAC HD is impeccable live on USB, and my platinum CD-SACD Sony that allows me to play my own music in DFS format Discs recorded in DSD (Audiogate, Korg thank you!) Is beautifully expressed. The remote is then programmed on my other devices, and everything works perfectly. By late afternoon, I decide to put the cd provided by YAM in the PC, and see the user manual;) Well, bah I was all good! P
EDIT 13-11-2014 The Eltax monitor have given way has Elipson elegance 1 for columns and platinum DVD / SACD SACD samsung has a Sony SCD-XE800. The sound quality is impressive gain !!!
