exponential
Prominent Member
Hi all.
I'm getting that itchy, wallet busting infection again where I have an incredible urge to upgrade my system and I need some guidance from you guys.
It's like the Coronavirus but the audio version which isn't reported on the news.
The Arcam SR250 is a strange beast and I have a love/hate relationship with it. It's both fantastic and crap at the same time....craptastic is the technical term.
The problem I have is that I'm purely 2 channel plus subs (2.2) and there is only a small handful of units out there that do what the Arcam does and that is to allow the use of HDMI whilst also decoding and downmixing.
I'm using a Cyrus Stereo 200 power amp at the moment so that huge SR250 sat in my TV cabinet is basically just a HDMI switcher and decoder/downmixer. It's a huge waste of space in my cabinet and, not to mention the heat the HDMI board puts out!
I've got my eye on the Anthem STR Pre-amp which will not only give me a much cleaner frequency response (according to audioholics measurements anyway) but will provide me with ARC room correction. It will correct up to 2.2.
The problem is finding something to both switch my hdmi sources whilst simultaneously decoding, downmixing and passing through to to STR to do it's magic. Is there any device out there that can replace the SR250?
I was thinking of an HD Fury device but I know nothing about these units?
Can anyone recommend either an all in one unit or separates that will allow me to achieve my goal?
Please fire away with any questions you may have guys...
By the way, I've tried the Lyngdorf TDAI 2701 and Anthem MRX 520 before. I couldn't get the Lyngdorf to work properly and there was an HDMI conflict with my LG tv with the Anthem.
I'm getting that itchy, wallet busting infection again where I have an incredible urge to upgrade my system and I need some guidance from you guys.
It's like the Coronavirus but the audio version which isn't reported on the news.
The Arcam SR250 is a strange beast and I have a love/hate relationship with it. It's both fantastic and crap at the same time....craptastic is the technical term.
The problem I have is that I'm purely 2 channel plus subs (2.2) and there is only a small handful of units out there that do what the Arcam does and that is to allow the use of HDMI whilst also decoding and downmixing.
I'm using a Cyrus Stereo 200 power amp at the moment so that huge SR250 sat in my TV cabinet is basically just a HDMI switcher and decoder/downmixer. It's a huge waste of space in my cabinet and, not to mention the heat the HDMI board puts out!
I've got my eye on the Anthem STR Pre-amp which will not only give me a much cleaner frequency response (according to audioholics measurements anyway) but will provide me with ARC room correction. It will correct up to 2.2.
The problem is finding something to both switch my hdmi sources whilst simultaneously decoding, downmixing and passing through to to STR to do it's magic. Is there any device out there that can replace the SR250?
I was thinking of an HD Fury device but I know nothing about these units?
Can anyone recommend either an all in one unit or separates that will allow me to achieve my goal?
Please fire away with any questions you may have guys...
By the way, I've tried the Lyngdorf TDAI 2701 and Anthem MRX 520 before. I couldn't get the Lyngdorf to work properly and there was an HDMI conflict with my LG tv with the Anthem.