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- Subject: Re: Single Surround Processor Unit or Receiver
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.065720.1@vxd.ug.eds.com>
- From: gutierrez@vxd.ug.eds.com
- Date: 22 Jan 93 06:57:20 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.121122.15882@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan21.173335.8886@acuson.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.173335.8886@acuson.com>, hsu@acuson.com (William Hsu) writes:
- > leejun@pasture.ecn.purdue.edu (Jun H Lee) writes:
- >
- >>I like to ask some differences between surround sound processor
- >>such as Yamaha DSP-E200 and one comes with receiver.
- >
- >>There seems to be little difference in the price and wondering
- >>if the quality is superior with the single unit........
- >>
- >>If there is a little difference, is it better to buy the receiver
- >>with little extra money (I don't need the extra receiver for
- >>my unit, though)?
-
-
- > I take it that you are comparing the DSP-E200 with the Yamaha RX-V850.
- >
- > The main differences between them are that the RX-V850 is a true receiver
- > (with built-in tuner, source switching capabilities, amps for stereo L+R
- > channels) whereas the DSP-E200 requires a separate
- > receiver/amp-preamp/integrated-amp to provide the things mentioned above.
- >
- > The specs for both units are pretty much the same. The number and types of
- > DSP/Pro-Logic modes are the same, and power ratings for center and rear
- > channels are same too. I don't know if one unit has better quality than the
- > other, but I doubt that would be the case.
- >
- > Actually, the price between the units are not similar. The RX-V850 cost
- > about $200 more than the DSP-E200.
- >
- > Conclusion:
- > The DSP-E200 is ideal if you have an existing stereo setup, and you wanted
- > to add surround sound. But if you need to build a system from scratch, then
- > the RX-V850 makes more sense.
-
- I agree with this conclusion completely. Go for the E200 if you have a good
- amp system; if not, get the RX-V850, or better still, the RX-V1050.
-
- I remember when I bought my DSP-E300 (a slightly better model with 8 more
- DSP ambience modes: Pavilion, Church, Hall 1, Hall 2, Jazz, Disco, Movie 1,
- Movie 2) in 1990, the salesman was pressuring me to buy the DSP-A700/AV-700
- combo instead of the E300 because, as he said, the -700- combo provides
- more oomph & lots more bells and whistles. I told him that I already have
- a very good a/v amp (Yamaha AV75 PRO) and I was not planning to give it an
- early retirement just yet (my AV75 PRO was only a year old at the time).
-
- Anyway, he backed off. Me, I'm still a very satisfied E300 user.
-