The first SSP-800 review - Definitive Audio '08

[wettou]

don't be crazy ! I have the SCD XA 9000es myself and reckon youd be nuts to replace the 777es. a beautiful player and brilliant with analog outs doesn't matter it doesn't have hdmi. its with its analog outs that its a gem

The SCD XA 900ES has iLink which keep everything in the digital domain. The 777ES doesn't have any digital out except for coax. I am looking to get all digital rather than analogue Plus I wanted to move the 777ES in an other room with my old RDC-7

[sikoniko]

more pictures to come.. i've been tiling when at home and haven't had a chance to upload anything.

[sikoniko]

[wettou]

sikoniko the pictures are very blurry so I am not sure they are taht usefull, RebelMan has great pictures on page one so it might no be necessary for you to go through that trouble!!

[Linki]

Ok 3 more HDMI inputs I am with you on that, but

THX ? why would you need that? The system performs easily to that standard. I personally don't really care about certificates as long as the system performs. And remember Abbey road studios (Star wars, Lord of the rings, etc...) uses B&W 800D which are not THX certified to create soundtracks.

Lyngdorf EQ, I think you will get a long way with the 5 level of parametric EQ per channel.

New codec are possible with a free hardware upgrade.... be patience.

[alebonau]

Sure. As long as you have analog ins to connect them to. :W

Kal

hehe you really have broken away from the shackles of analog and gone all digital havent you kal !

The SCD XA 900ES has iLink which keep everything in the digital domain. The 777ES doesn't have any digital out except for coax. I am looking to get all digital rather than analogue Plus I wanted to move the 777ES in an other room with my old RDC-7

atleast your not selling it !. so not so much of a shame ! hehe.

I actually only use my 9000es via analog through my 2ch system for sacd. and a superb player it is for that have found. the dac implementation, power supplies and analog output stage is probably one of the best I've ever seen on a player. can jsut imagine the 777es being a fine player that it is doing wonderfull things over analog as well. whatever you end up getting for your main system wettou do give the 777es a go through it you might just be plesantly suprised !

Ok 3 more HDMI inputs I am with you on that, but

THX ? why would you need that? The system performs easily to that standard. I personally don't really care about certificates as long as the system performs. And remember Abbey road studios (Star wars, Lord of the rings, etc...) uses B&W 800D which are not THX certified to create soundtracks.

Lyngdorf EQ, I think you will get a long way with the 5 level of parametric EQ per channel.

New codec are possible with a free hardware upgrade.... be patience.

I couldnt really care less about abbey road studios either. however recently made the wonderfull discovery of trying THX+PLIIx and THX ultra2 post processing for digital TV 2.0 pcm, DD2.0 and DD5.1 signal and found it to give excellent 7.1 surround field and ambience making for a more engaging TV viewing experience.

on another forum members suggestion also decided to try thx ultra 2 post processing on a DTS-HDMA 5.1 sound track on the Ronin Blu-ray and found that to add very nicely for rear speaker info for 7.1 speaker output.

definitely now value THX processing thats for sure, but do have a surround setup with surrounds as per THX arrangement and THX ultra2 sub in the velo DD15 so perhaps more benefit to me than some others

[sikoniko]

I couldnt really care less about abbey road studios either. however recently made the wonderfull discovery of trying THX+PLIIx and THX ultra2 post processing for digital TV 2.0 pcm, DD2.0 and DD5.1 signal and found it to give excellent 7.1 surround field and ambience making for a more engaging TV viewing experience.

on another forum members suggestion also decided to try thx ultra 2 post processing on a DTS-HDMA 5.1 sound track on the Ronin Blu-ray and found that to add very nicely for rear speaker info for 7.1 speaker output.

definitely now value THX processing thats for sure, but do have a surround setup with surrounds as per THX arrangement and THX ultra2 sub in the velo DD15 so perhaps more benefit to me than some others

As far as I know, there isn't anything that says they couldn't add it later. If the SSP-600 had THX2Ultra, I don't see why they couldn't add it here.

Like I said, I know they are interested in adding Dolby Volume at a later time.

[alebonau]

As far as I know, there isn't anything that says they couldn't add it later. If the SSP-600 had THX2Ultra, I don't see why they couldn't add it here.

Like I said, I know they are interested in adding Dolby Volume at a later time.

good hear, I'm sure those interested in the specific unit and functionality will be happy to hear that

[wettou]

As far as I know, there isn't anything that says they couldn't add it later. If the SSP-600 had THX2Ultra, I don't see why they couldn't add it here. Like I said, I know they are interested in adding Dolby Volume at a later time.

Why not do it know! it is available the issue is they don't want to pay for licensing fees so they would rather leave it out.

I understand that the SSP-800 will perform beyond THX in terms of specs, but it still would be nice to have the post processing for movies such as THX Loudness Plus™, THX Re-EQ, THX TIMBRE MATCHING™ and THX-EX

[RebelMan]

No Dolby Headphone? It's a feature that would be nice to have for those late night movie watching or video gaming.

Dolby Volume could address this to some extent.

[RebelMan]

Why not do it know! it is available the issue is they don't want to pay for licensing fees so they would rather leave it out.

I understand that the SSP-800 will perform beyond THX in terms of specs, but it still would be nice to have the post processing for movies such as THX Loudness Plus™, THX Re-EQ, THX TIMBRE MATCHING™ and THX-EX

Perhaps, but the inclusion of DPLIIx mitigates the loss. Too much over processing can do more harm than good.

[wettou]

Dolby Volume could address this to some extent.

Will it have Dolby Volume! that would be good