5k for avr/processor wif hd audio capabilities is achievable but if u wan a pj to go wif it...

Stik wif a pj n upgr d odo only wif additional budget.. ur sherwood can stil do lossy .. I assume so stil got sound..

Hi,

Yup a mid range decent hd avr is in tat range so squeezin a pj into ur budget is next to impossible..

Optical or coax connexion - Yes tats wat u do exactly .. u stil get dts/dd but core lossy odo - its not too bad, not de latest but still livable..

I run an epson tw700 - a 720p lcd pj and I like it.. dont really know how it compares to de dlp ones .. I like mine so much I wouldnt mind gettin another lcd 1080p pj frm epson again[tw3k/4k] or even de pannys..

Cheers
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Haha..

Processors .. are marketed as premium gear hence its premium pricing.. its piece by piece stuff so u nid to upgrd wat u nid only.. unfortunately de new hd odo processors are exp.. at least for me n I veri much doubt u can hear de diff unless u hv especially gud ears plus a really inert room and super exp hard to drive spkrs..
Marantz make musical gear even in their HT components.. outrite HT performance is not its forte but if u half n half then its a decent compromise..

Diff in lossy/lossless odo.. ya there is sum diff.. justified to add de xtra moolah in upgrdd gear.. I guess u hv to answer tat ur self..

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Why dont u try it out urself.. Yammys n Marantzs are avlbl here in My.. ES sonys wil not be cheap here thou'
Off hand Id tink de cheapest of de 3 would be de Yammy..

Marantz user
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Hi..

Hearin in de av shop wil not neccesarily mean u can replicate it at home..
even thou u use back de same spkrs..

I tink u can get de yammy cheaper in Klang valley.. Optomas - why dont u ask Bro HTkaki?

Uhm cbls - dont u wan a brand name to go along wif ur 'branded' gear?

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Haha..

I wanted TS to answer for himself whether uhm he nids de 'branded' hdmi as opposed to no name brand - sum say got diff .. woh..

On de Marantzs.. U might wanna knw abt handshake prblms wif hdmi n/or odo prblms wif bitstreamin ..

Cheers
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I read sumwhere sum hypermart stocks hdmi cbls now..

Yup..

Agreed.. n since I read tat de 10m which cost less than a RM100, its stil not so prohibitive to get de cheap hypermart one to try out n if it really dont work, get a branded one which presumably shld be all-compliant [it shld be, for its askin price]
Compared to when I was looking for a cheap one which happened to be from Monoprice - plus shippin n everytin stil came to ard RM300 - ended up wif an opend box Better Cables for nearly RM700[equivalent]..

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