Id say CompletingDueling Vios!
Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...
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Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
That Anthem box (AVR?) is astounding. I've never seen so many small buttons on a single device.Ok gimmeheadroom, the da-3000 has it's own shelf now!
It's pretty incredible! It's a bit on the old side but it does what I need it to do and the DSP is really good. The UI is intuitive and you can see the display well from across the room. I'm running all balanced outputs from it to the Outlaw 7ch amp. Netflix never sounded so good!
Looking forward to digging up my 5.1 albums again. Particularly "The Game" by Queen, sounds amazing in surround.
Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
DSP, 7 channels...wow. There was a time when the Anthem was ultimate state-of-the-art. I'm sure it didn't come cheap.
I never cared much about surround sound, especially in connection with video watching, so never invested in it. I did like time delay signals delivered to a pair of speakers on the back wall (another story altogether/not equivalent).
In my TV setup w/the 77" OLED, the only sound reinforcement comes via a dialogue intelligibility-enhancing (and small) soundbar by Zvox. That thing works miracles.
I bought it used for $500. Not bad! Nice thing is, you can also bypass the DSP entirely when using the analog ins, which I plan to do when listening to music in surround. I can "retask" certain inputs and outputs on my music server, to basically get 6 discrete audio outputs, with none of the compression you sometimes run into when transmitting surround sound over a digital connection.
gimmeheadroom
Headphoneus Supremus
Come on, we know the only reason you buy those wall-to-wall OLEDs is so you can get a new built-in cabinet to sit them in
Those Aries Cerats are huge..
Out of curiosity - you're satisfied with the Red feeding it? Rare to see such variance between component spending..
Out of curiosity - you're satisfied with the Red feeding it? Rare to see such variance between component spending..
Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
You make it sound easy! I spent decades building all the cabinets in that room, incl. the 25 ft. wall of built-ins surrounding the TV.Come on, we know the only reason you buy those wall-to-wall OLEDs is so you can get a new built-in cabinet to sit them in
Funny thing: when I started building up that room, the only video format was 4:3 ratio. I never dreamed the standard would morph into 16:9 ... I had left this large patch of wall space totally empty for video, 1/2-assuming it would be projection (somehow). That didn't happen. The 77" OLED screen is just about all I can fit there (width-wise, at least).
(trampled by modernity)
Pharmaboy
Headphoneus Supremus
Beautiful room, system & photograph!Night feeling
carboncopy
500+ Head-Fier
Well...in this system the AES/EBU connection is better than the USB, which is kinda unexpected, since the Heléne is optimised for USB. As for performance it is better then my Auralic Aries G2.1 (with Hörwege PSU) was. I think it is a pretty good deal. The only thing that starts to bother me, that it is sometimes unresponsive, slow to start music. Time will tell.
That's very interesting to hear. Thanks for replying.
jasonb
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Wired to an iPhone using Apple Music lossless. Timeless AE and Qudelix 5K using the 2.5 balanced output. 
gimmeheadroom
Headphoneus Supremus
Then you haven't seen the sewing box the lady at my dry cleaners has.
