I loved my 1066 from day one.
What I didn't love was the unacceptable signal recognition delay that ranged from 1 second to up to 12 minutes before the unit would recognize a signal, decode it and begin playing it. I also didn't love the occasional "pop" that would happen at various times in playback.
After almost 3 weeks of putting up with this, I decided to return the unit -- and was hopeful that I wouldn't have to send it in for service and would just get a new one.
My wish was granted, and I just brought home a brand new 1066.
Upon inspection, not only was the delay and popping problems fixed, but there were a couple other surprises that I didn't get in my original 1066 box.
A new remote with better features:
My original remote had only one remote power button, that -- when programmed -- would act as a toggle on/off for the appropriate device. This new remote has discrete on/off buttons for easier operation for customized buttons.
It also has a few discrete surround format buttons, like 2-channel, Dolby Pro Logic Music, and Cinema as well as quick-button for 5 channel and 7 channel stereo decoding.
Selecting inputs on the new remote is also a lot more intuitive. They are all on the top of the remote now, instead of being hidden under the slideable bottom panel.
This new remote does not tell time, no big shakes, since I have many clocks around my house anyway. Also, the LED screen readout is slightly larger, the window itself is not larger, the text is.
Computer Upgrade cable:
The new unit also came with the cable needed to upgrade to the most current version firmware -- which I'm also happy to report that the unit came shipped with 2.2.4 - the most current is 2.2.5, so I'm happy with 2.2.4 for now.
I wish I'd known this before I spend the money to make my own cable to upgrade my previous unit.
This new unit recognizes signals faster (and I gave it a rigorous workout switching from DTS cd's to HDCD to DVD Audio to DVD movies and regualr CD's) There is sometimes a 2 second delay at most, but that is worst case scenario.
There still seems to be a longer delay when decoding *some* HDCD's but, at least now I can hear the THX logo from the beginning and now 5 seconds into it.
What I didn't love was the unacceptable signal recognition delay that ranged from 1 second to up to 12 minutes before the unit would recognize a signal, decode it and begin playing it. I also didn't love the occasional "pop" that would happen at various times in playback.
After almost 3 weeks of putting up with this, I decided to return the unit -- and was hopeful that I wouldn't have to send it in for service and would just get a new one.
My wish was granted, and I just brought home a brand new 1066.
Upon inspection, not only was the delay and popping problems fixed, but there were a couple other surprises that I didn't get in my original 1066 box.
A new remote with better features:
My original remote had only one remote power button, that -- when programmed -- would act as a toggle on/off for the appropriate device. This new remote has discrete on/off buttons for easier operation for customized buttons.
It also has a few discrete surround format buttons, like 2-channel, Dolby Pro Logic Music, and Cinema as well as quick-button for 5 channel and 7 channel stereo decoding.
Selecting inputs on the new remote is also a lot more intuitive. They are all on the top of the remote now, instead of being hidden under the slideable bottom panel.
This new remote does not tell time, no big shakes, since I have many clocks around my house anyway. Also, the LED screen readout is slightly larger, the window itself is not larger, the text is.
Computer Upgrade cable:
The new unit also came with the cable needed to upgrade to the most current version firmware -- which I'm also happy to report that the unit came shipped with 2.2.4 - the most current is 2.2.5, so I'm happy with 2.2.4 for now.
I wish I'd known this before I spend the money to make my own cable to upgrade my previous unit.
This new unit recognizes signals faster (and I gave it a rigorous workout switching from DTS cd's to HDCD to DVD Audio to DVD movies and regualr CD's) There is sometimes a 2 second delay at most, but that is worst case scenario.
There still seems to be a longer delay when decoding *some* HDCD's but, at least now I can hear the THX logo from the beginning and now 5 seconds into it.
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