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 Pioneer S-MS800 speaker + S-RS3SW sub & what AVR?, between Pioneer VSX819 or Yamaha RX-V465

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Ngto
post Feb 9 2010, 09:52 AM

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QUOTE(paskal @ Feb 9 2010, 01:18 AM)
then all the surround will be at the front on top of the floorstanders  tongue.gif
i've auditioned both the vsx-519 and vsx-819 with the s-ms800 and s-rs3sw at eng hifi bukit mertajam. spent nearly 3 hours testing, retesting, calibrating, tweaking, auto-calibrating, turning the knob here and there, switching dvds in and out.

and walked away with the set and a vsx-519. vsx-819 is too much for the speaker and sub combo. vsx-819 sounds warmer though, but i kindda prefer the sound when the speaker paired with vsx-519 better.
excellent service from eng hifi. the don't bug me when i'm playing with the system. they just left me tweaking and listening until i'm satisfied. biggrin.gif
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Sure you don't want to bitstream HD audio to your Amp? Maybe in future Blu-ray players might no longer do Decoding of HD Audio, then you would be left with an obselete AVR. But then by that time, I guess you would be buying a new Amp biggrin.gif
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post Feb 9 2010, 11:35 AM

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The 519 has HDMI but does not allow HD Audio bitstream . However it can at least allow decoded LPCM HD audio. Also it does not have the MCACC calibration feature.

As for 518 ???? That's a long obselete model.

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post Feb 9 2010, 12:22 PM

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If don't need HD Audio why not get the 818 (if you can still find it) ? It's older model than the 519 but it's cheaper + it's got MCACC.
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post Feb 9 2010, 01:20 PM

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Funny how the 519 price dropped below the 818 price.

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