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Processor upgrade from Integra 9.8?

With arrival of new SOTA TV, will be going from 99% 2-channel to 85%. For 3-d capability, my question is whether to upgrade to Integra DHC-80.3/Onkyo PR-SC5508 or to go higher up the chain. Not sure what, if anything, I will be giving up by purchasing at the $2K price point vs $5K, other than, of course, an extra $3K of expense. Also have an Oppo BDP-95 on the way for Blue-Ray/3D. Will be incorporating front speakers, preamp and amps from 2-channel into the HT system. Thanks for any help. Fplanner2010  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 12-25-11

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 12-26-11   You don't need to go with a new processor for 3d, you can go ...   Jdodmead 12-26-11   Thanks monty - i guess my ignorance as to the capabilities o ...   Fplanner2010 12-31-11   Oppo installed using both hdmi outs - looks and sounds great ...   Fplanner2010 12-31-11   Both the 5508 and 80.3 will get you superior audio compared ...   Kr4 12-31-11   Certainly,it is not my place to tell you how to spend your m ...   Mig007 12-31-11   Thanks kal. i've already got the bdp-95 installed. i've als ...   Fplanner2010 12-31-11   Hard to say what it will do for you but i think the overall ...   Kr4 12-31-11   Mig007 - there was some muffled muttering early on, but that ...   Fplanner2010 01-01-12   I have an onkyo pro sc885 processor with a oppo bdp 95 and r ...   Bacardi 01-01-12   Bacardi- thanks for your comments. it sounds like you are m ...   Fplanner2010 01-01-12   Bacardi- i cannot believe that you find the analog from the ...   Kr4 01-01-12   I am using the analogue in the oppo. regards bacardi   Bacardi 01-01-12   yes but are you running it through the mediocre analog of th ...   Kr4 01-01-12   No through the oppo 95. regards bacardi   Bacardi 01-01-12   C'mon. what is the oppo connected to? directly to the powe ...   Kr4 01-01-12   K. maybe i need to specify my hookup and setup. my apologies ...   Bacardi 01-01-12   Of course you are. the input stage of the onkyo, its volume ...   Kr4 01-02-12   I've tried the hdmi but thought the multichannel analogue so ...   Bacardi 01-02-12   The p7 is, imho, the best choice now. there are some others ...   Kr4 01-02-12   I am going to be that fish who attaches to sharks and eats ...   Mig007 01-02-12   Wish i could help but i have never heard/used the rdc-7.1. ...   Kr4 01-03-12   Kal, the integra research rdc-7.1 was a surround pre-process ...   Mig007 01-03-12   I am familiar with it, on paper, because i was considering g ...   Kr4 01-03-12   I believe it sounds very good, but i don't know how it stack ...   Mig007 01-04-12   Since you've already got a mccormack piece, i would pick up ...   Fplanner2010 01-05-12   Newsflash - just discovered the dacs in the 9.8 are only 192 ...   Fplanner2010 01-05-12   Is that a significant difference? imho, the advance to mult ...   Kr4 01-05-12: Kr4 OTOH, the 80.2 does sound better than the 9.8. Kal Kr4  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-05-12   Thanks kal - ok, well that makes 2 significant differences!! ...   Fplanner2010 01-05-12   I cannot predict what will turn up at ces but it is less tha ...   Kr4 01-08-12   Thanks. enjoy ces - i'll be curious to see what's on the ho ...   Fplanner2010 01-14-12   Kal are you saying with a integra 80.2 or .3 and an oppo 95 ...   Lambeau 01-14-12   Yes. i prefer to use hdmi. the difference between all anal ...   Kr4 01-14-12   Thank you kal, i believe you saved me 500 dollars .   Lambeau 01-15-12   Kal- an integra dealer told me i could run analog outs from ...   Fplanner2010 01-15-12   Fplanner2010, my onkyo pro processor display shows multichan ...   Bacardi 01-15-12   Fplanner2010- your dealer is misinformed. none of the inte ...   Kr4 01-15-12   Thanks - that's exactly what i thought...   Fplanner2010 01-15-12   An issue with the audyssey is that it won't recognize my sub ...   Fplanner2010 01-15-12   I am not sure that would work. what you might consider is a ...   Kr4 01-15-12   I'm not a fan of any sort of "switches" in an audi ...   Fplanner2010 01-15-12   1. you cannot "just carry over the sub settings manual ...   Kr4 01-15-12   Kal- thanks very much for your responses. would i not hav ...   Fplanner2010 01-15-12   Nope. i am suggesting you take advantage of the superior an ...   Kr4 01-15-12   Hi did anybody hear the new mcintosh mx121? it is supposed t ...   Ridom 01-15-12   It sounds like i would still have the same subwoofer issue w ...   Fplanner2010 01-15-12   I think that obsessing over switches is silly. the mx121 wa ...   Kr4 01-15-12   I agree about the switches - back to basics and trust my ear ...   Fplanner2010 01-16-12   There are subwoofers like rythmik or mlogan that accept two ...   Ridom 01-16-12   Ridom - good idea. that was 1 of the things i was going to ...   Fplanner2010 01-16-12   I'm probably just going to run the sub through my 2-channel ...   Fplanner2010 01-17-12   Ordered 80.2 today - will hopefully have it by friday. was ...   Fplanner2010 01-17-12   I too have a dtc-9.8 and am thinking of upgrading to a 80.2. ...   Steve42307 01-17-12   I thought so. i handed my 9.8 on to a needy friend. kal   Kr4 01-17-12   The oppo 93 & 95 offer either dsd or lpcm output for sacds, ...   Dbphd 01-17-12   The oppos provide lpcm only if you are using hdmi audio outp ...   Ridom 01-18-12   I would check out the nad t175hd, m15, or the new t187. i t ...   Apbiii 01-18-12   Wait a minute,ridom. you get only analog from the analog ou ...   Kr4 01-18-12   Oppo has been very helpful. to achieve bass management play ...   Dbphd 01-18-12   You're right, kal, i made a mistake. effectively the oppo co ...   Ridom 01-19-12   Partial correction. i just spoke with oppo and they told me ...   Ridom 01-22-12   Installed the integra dhc-80.2 to replace my dtc-9.8. money ...   Fplanner2010 01-23-12   Btw - plenty of bass from the 5 speakers, run as "full& ...   Fplanner2010 01-23-12   How is the 2 channel from the 80.2 compared to your dedicate ...   Msf 01-23-12   Mfs, that's a question of interest to me as well. kal seems ...   Dbphd 01-23-12   To be honest, i have no idea how the 2-channel from my 80.2 ...   Fplanner2010 01-23-12   That's interesting. i just got rid of a cary 11 (not an 11a ...   Msf 01-23-12   I am here. it is impossible for me to know how the 80.2/3 w ...   Kr4 01-23-12   Msf - fwiw - sonically i don't think there is a difference b ...   Fplanner2010

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