Hi All,
Well, three weeks after ordering my RSP-1098, my dealer came out to my home yesterday and installed the unit. My first pleasant surprise actually occurred before I even heard a sound from my RSP-1098. On Monday my dealer rang me to confirm the installation time. He also told me that between ordering my RSP-1098 and now the recommended retail price had dropped by $1000! $4995 down to $3995(go the Aussie dollar!) So he reduced the price of the RSP-1098 by another $1000 on top of his already discounted price to me!
My trusty Onkyo 787 was removed and the RSP-1098 put in its place and connected via new interconnects to my existing RMB-1075 and RB-1070 Rotel power amps (which the Onkyo was previously connected to). After calibration I watched a couple of movies and there is a clear sound improvement over the Onkyo. Not being very impartial I handed the remote over to my two sons aged 8 & 9 and let them be the judge. They watched the ‘Mummy Returns’ and both agreed that the new Rotel sounded much better than the Onkyo. That’s a relief as they are tough judges!
Ok, so by now I’m somewhat impressed, but not raving. That all changed when I put on my first music DVD, James Taylor ‘Live at Beacon theatre’. Wow! All of a sudden my Jamo THX speakers actually sound musical! You would never put the words Onkyo and music in the same sentence. With the Onkyo the notes were there but they just didn’t sound musical. The RSP-1098 has made a huge difference in this regard.
Some initial questions if people don’t mind:
The RSP-1098 seems a little bass shy compared to the Onkyo. I’ve read on this forum that there was some issues with the sub woofer test tones. Should I be calibrating the speakers at 75db and the sub to 85db?
The firmware on the unit is v1.11. If I upgrade it to v1.1.6 will I lose all the setup information such as speaker distances etc…?
Is there a way to keep the TFT screen on showing the System Status information instead of it turning off after 5 seconds or so?
My back speakers seem a bit quite. I was wondering what level calibration people are using for sides and backs assuming a 0db level on the left main speaker and what volume people normally listen to the RSP-1098 for DVD movies?
Thanks,
Stephen
My Home Theatre
Well, three weeks after ordering my RSP-1098, my dealer came out to my home yesterday and installed the unit. My first pleasant surprise actually occurred before I even heard a sound from my RSP-1098. On Monday my dealer rang me to confirm the installation time. He also told me that between ordering my RSP-1098 and now the recommended retail price had dropped by $1000! $4995 down to $3995(go the Aussie dollar!) So he reduced the price of the RSP-1098 by another $1000 on top of his already discounted price to me!
My trusty Onkyo 787 was removed and the RSP-1098 put in its place and connected via new interconnects to my existing RMB-1075 and RB-1070 Rotel power amps (which the Onkyo was previously connected to). After calibration I watched a couple of movies and there is a clear sound improvement over the Onkyo. Not being very impartial I handed the remote over to my two sons aged 8 & 9 and let them be the judge. They watched the ‘Mummy Returns’ and both agreed that the new Rotel sounded much better than the Onkyo. That’s a relief as they are tough judges!
Ok, so by now I’m somewhat impressed, but not raving. That all changed when I put on my first music DVD, James Taylor ‘Live at Beacon theatre’. Wow! All of a sudden my Jamo THX speakers actually sound musical! You would never put the words Onkyo and music in the same sentence. With the Onkyo the notes were there but they just didn’t sound musical. The RSP-1098 has made a huge difference in this regard.
Some initial questions if people don’t mind:
The RSP-1098 seems a little bass shy compared to the Onkyo. I’ve read on this forum that there was some issues with the sub woofer test tones. Should I be calibrating the speakers at 75db and the sub to 85db?
The firmware on the unit is v1.11. If I upgrade it to v1.1.6 will I lose all the setup information such as speaker distances etc…?
Is there a way to keep the TFT screen on showing the System Status information instead of it turning off after 5 seconds or so?
My back speakers seem a bit quite. I was wondering what level calibration people are using for sides and backs assuming a 0db level on the left main speaker and what volume people normally listen to the RSP-1098 for DVD movies?
Thanks,
Stephen
My Home Theatre
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