I think we discuss our questions constructively and tolerantly and probably better than our local-minded Gilles will do. Smyth's lousy planning and reporting give us full right to question even their very core work. And forum is a place to discuss and question and not to sit with the mouth shut.

Yes, I have read it and I haven't noticed much audiophile enjoyment reporting. I mostly noticed preoccupation with correcting something. Besides, what does it mean 'an audiophile'? A person who likes strong bass? Besides, who has recommended the Yarra 3DX, Dolby Digital based device, to us? Yes...

And why his job could be done so well? Maybe he 'copied' Smyth well because he was able to 'measure' their info capabilities well and maybe that was possible because their input was of a very low quality? If their info was of high quality, he certainly wouldn't be able to 'measure' and imitate...

@camillem: 1. Is the true internal processing level of the Realiser A16 'lossless' or 'lossy'? I mean, given the enormous processing requirements of the real time de-rotation of 16 channels? 2. When Realiser A16 'captures' high-end speakers, does it 'capture' them in their high-end totality, or...

I don't know either. Maybe PCM originating from DD is smaller in size than the lossless version? One thing was consistent all the time - carefully avoiding to explicitly say 'No MCH PCM input was planned. Yarra 3DX is a soundbar dedicated to gamers and TV viewers'. I had to turn myself into a...

Passed away or maybe discovered some concealed property or properties which qualified the device as unwanted ...? I can imagine, for example, that in case I received my Yarra 3DX and discovered it's multichannel capabilities were limited to lossy Dolby Digital (and some other gamers' format)...

@Dr AIX: Why didn't you tell this to your readers and followers before their payments? You knew they (we) assumed that functionality.

Well, Erik Garci already answered you - Yarra is not dead, moreover, it is pregnant and new baby, Yarra II, is expected to come to this world in a couple of ......well ... whatever. And the horse we are beating here - namely human hypocrisy - will unfortunately live forever, together with the...

@Dr AIX: ... And why didn't you mention your inclination or necessity to using lossy AC3 format with Yarra at the times when you were busy persuading your readers and Forum members to back Yarra? You must have known that your name had become a synonym for the multichannel PCM (even in high...

And why did you say "I played ... tracks from the “Love” DVD-Audio disc..." and not "I played ... tracks from the “Love” DVD-Audio disc previously downconverted to AC3 lossy format"?

Why lossy AC3 and not lossless PCM, your favourite and favourite of your readers and your Yarra backers?

My point was that even if the Yarra ships and even if it really is brilliant and innovative, the question remains - on which level? On the level of Dolby Digital? Thank you, goodbye! Will the A16 perfectly copy the speakers? Yes? But, when they play WHAT? Dolby Digital? Thank you, goodbye! But...

I wish you were right. Unfortunately, neither Mark, nor Duke and Yarra's engineers didn't confirm to me such a possibility when I once asked them about that.

It is nice to see Mark trying to help the backers, but I can not believe how he keeps manipulating with the truth. I have induced him (and Yarra's engineers) to admit that Yarra can accept only stereo, Dolby Digital and one games' format. And now he says he demonstrated Yarra by playing, among...