I too would love to hear your impressions.  I thought of ordering a Valhalla 2 just now in order to make the comparison myself, but it looks like they are backordered for a while.  Hope you get your Valhalla 2 soon!

Hi Ektalog,   I came across this old thread and may be in a similar situation.  You recommend Denon AVR-3xxx and 4xxx for this purpose; would the AVR-2805 also serve well for this?  Is there anything that the 3xxx series has over the 2805?  According to Denon's website, the 2805 has 100 wpc (8...

Quote:   Thanks!  :)   I got the battery snap at CuteDigi. http://www.cutedigi.com/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=9641f6e73ae0526f788bde0f9c79982e&keywords=battery+snap   It seems to work well, but I haven't had a chance for any critical listening comparisons.  But again, I...

Thank you Erin for the helpful and informative reply.   Best, M.

I've been reading this thread with interest, and maybe I just don't have the right kind of technical knowledge, but I don't understand why either a different power supply or a USB isolator would improve the sound quality of the Teralink X2 if it's connected by Toslink to a DAC.  Does it have to...

Quote: Originally Posted by MarkyMark So do the DVD-S77 and DVD-S97. Can be had cheap on ebay. The thing to bear in mind is that you will only get the unadulterated digital output when there is no copy protection set. For DVD-A, that means no copy flag and a disc without a watermark...