Hello,
I'm trying to get up to speed on what is available on new preamps. I want to purchase a new one in the next 3 months but like to know what I'm looking for before I dish out a lot of cash (in my opinion). My terms may be misused as I need to learn a great deal right now.
DPIIx vs DPII - is there much of a difference?
DTS-ES96 - what is that? Is that in any way related to DTS-neo?
24/44/48/96/192...- I've heard lots of things about this prempamp samples at this bit rate or that and I don't even know what is the present/future. If I wanted to some day have a nice SACD, HDDVD or Blue laser - what audio capablities should I require of my preamp to handle the sound potential of these newer media? I realize there is no way of knowing for sure what will be available in 3 years but usually 1 year is pretty well mapped out. My current preamp does DTS but it can't handle multi-channel SACDs. I notice some will say 96/24 DTS but then talk about the 192/24 DAC - is there a way to know how many khz are for how many channels?
Dolby headphone jack - is this something that should be integrated or are there add ons? What does it really do to improve headphone sound?
Any other terms that are newer that I should look for on my next purchase would be helpful.
I don't really care about video switching, I think it just creates potential for too many video downfalls -including timing, and video quality. I'll probably avoid preamps with lcd video displays since I'd be paying too much for that feature.
Thanks for teaching an older dog some new tricks.
I'm trying to get up to speed on what is available on new preamps. I want to purchase a new one in the next 3 months but like to know what I'm looking for before I dish out a lot of cash (in my opinion). My terms may be misused as I need to learn a great deal right now.
DPIIx vs DPII - is there much of a difference?
DTS-ES96 - what is that? Is that in any way related to DTS-neo?
24/44/48/96/192...- I've heard lots of things about this prempamp samples at this bit rate or that and I don't even know what is the present/future. If I wanted to some day have a nice SACD, HDDVD or Blue laser - what audio capablities should I require of my preamp to handle the sound potential of these newer media? I realize there is no way of knowing for sure what will be available in 3 years but usually 1 year is pretty well mapped out. My current preamp does DTS but it can't handle multi-channel SACDs. I notice some will say 96/24 DTS but then talk about the 192/24 DAC - is there a way to know how many khz are for how many channels?
Dolby headphone jack - is this something that should be integrated or are there add ons? What does it really do to improve headphone sound?
Any other terms that are newer that I should look for on my next purchase would be helpful.
I don't really care about video switching, I think it just creates potential for too many video downfalls -including timing, and video quality. I'll probably avoid preamps with lcd video displays since I'd be paying too much for that feature.
Thanks for teaching an older dog some new tricks.
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