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previously, and while they might bother some users, I technical info that is a review all by itself, courtesy of think that most people will be thrilled with what this Dr. Rich. You will not see technical summary like this device can do. For one thing, it can be shoehorned into in our magazine very often, so pay attention. a squashed-down rack space that many other upscale -HF players can only dream of achieving. Yes, it is expensive by Best-Buy budget player standards, but it is cheap compared
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measured by Cirrus Logic with an “A-weighted” filter. studio (designed for very low background noise, That kind of weighting is applied by placing a filter which may only be achieved with special construction before the noise meter. The filter is said to allow the techniques and materials). I do not recall the maximum measurement to better reflect how the ear perceives signal level (all ones) was used for the tests but I noise level changes, meaning less sensitivity at the high assume it was at
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for a CD). This is down only 20 dB, which is 10 times shape of the impulse. I have no recommendations on the value of the 40 dB in the fast mode. (Remember, which shape would be preferable. 96-kHz sampling is decibels are in logs; hence a doubling in decibels is a such overkill that small details of filter rolloff become 10x increase.) Maybe a teenage kid can hear it. The inconsequential. From an engineering point of view, slow mode will make the ringing of the filter to an that is a good thing.
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Yamaha DVD-S1500 DVD Player also play Video CD, Super Video CD, CD-R and CD-
RW (MP3 and JPEG supported), DVD+R, DVD+RW,
DVD-R and DVD-RW materials that have been
Manufacturer: Yamaha Electronics Corporation, 6660
finalized. What’s more, it can play back European PAL
Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90620; 800/
video DVD source material, in addition to standard,
492-6242
US source NTSC releases. Admittedly, the Euro-disc
Price: $450
ability is something that would only matter to a
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are two-channel analog outputs for a standard audio DPL II decoding. The only fly in the ointment is that hookup to a CD player input and a separate six-jack the DVD-S1500’s on-board DPL II processing is factory bank of connectors for multi-channel audio outputs. set and does not offer the fine tuning the technology These output left, center, right, left-surround, right- included in some upscale receivers. Still, it works well surround, and subwoofer signals. and was superior to standard two-cha
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like this for a full 20 seconds before the music started. Unfortunately, there is no bass management with I got similar results with SACD material and DVD-A DVD-A source material, no matter what speaker-size sources often took even longer. One, Big Phat Band’s settings you choose from the player’s menu, meaning Swingin’ for the Fences (Silverline DVD-A 82002) took that if you use the above-noted (and typical) small- a full 35 seconds, because the player actually had to satellite sub/sat system t
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Consequently, when using the DSP-A1 you can 8-foot ceiling and the listening position was about 10 zero out the DVD-S1500’s bass management with all feet from the axis between the main speakers. If this SACD sources (remember, DVD-A is locked in with face off were not able to highlight the surround, no bass management to begin with) and then get bandwidth, and noise-level advantages of SACD, uniform bass management from all inputs, analog or nothing else would be able to, either. digital: CD, DV
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not match what the DSP-A1 could do at home (at least SACD technology remains, in my opinion, laughable in my room) with the CD version is a credit to the overkill. Yamaha DSP technology. Of course, this only involves one comparison. It is Of course, it is also possible that the master tapes possible that other contests would lean in favor of the were indeed configured for future surround-sound SACD versions. However, I have pointed out before productions, and in that case the Yamaha DSP that thi
