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i'm a recent "convert" to mch sacd. i recall a few years ago reading a statement by john atkinson to the effect that mch was the future. i considered myself a hardcore 2-ch guy and it really pissed me off. well, here we are, listening to amazing dsd mch recordings. anyway, the problem, of course, is putting together a proper playback system. my budget mch sys actually sounds ok, but doesn't go loud ... i follow the five (or six, or seven) identical speakers on the same stands (working towards that ...), but the real headache is obviously amplification (let's not even talk about players here). anyway -- everything (except megabuck separates i suppose) is designed for home theater. those hideous bigass receivers do not produce the right quality of sound. plus, 70% of the circuitry doesn't even come onto play in sacd playback. any secret solutions to this? does anybody feed their five sacd channels into a b&k 5-channel amp w/ level controls, for example? would that work, or is a multichannel preamp required (getting pricey ...) for some reason? i have to face the fact i don't have thousands in the till for this, already have spent way too much on stereo rig. for the record, i don't even have a tv ... don't really want a huge ugly receiver either. thanks, artie

present mch system: little onkyo digital 6.1 receiver, 5 mission speakers, rel strata, various cheapo sony and phillips sacd players. thinking about 5 epos els, 5 nsm 5s, arcam rcvr, etc.


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Topic - hi-rez hardware ... - fidelio 01:07:21 05/09/06 (100)


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