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Further update: It's beginning to sound like my great redbook CDs sound even greater. This system

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In Reply to: Update ... Redbook CDs still don't sound as good as on my Sony 9000ES. Hopefully more break-in posted by Striving for Musical Clarity on April 30, 2003 at 21:40:19:

seems to emphasize the fine sound from the from the finer CDs but also it seems to bring out the poorer qualities of the poorer recordings (mostly CDs recorded in the '80s).
Right now I'm listening to the "Celebration" live recording limited edition CD of the Canadian Brass playing with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on a Zaiks / Biem (Polish) CD. Wow! It feels like I'm right there in the audience. The clarity, the imaging, the full sound of the brass and orchestra, it's all there.

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You're confusing the shit out of me. Is it better than the 9000ES on redbook or not? nt - RatFarm 07:17:54 05/01/03 (4)
- The jury's still out. The 9000 is broken; the 2900 less than 60 hours on it. - Striving for Musical Clarity 09:17:05 05/01/03 (3)
  Heck, find a place that will let you audition it on your own system ( that's what I'm doing). Everybody's ears, systems and room accoustics are different. I'm going to buy it. By the way, I'm listening through a B&K Reference 30 preamp/processor and a Sunfire Grand amp with 3 Magnepan MG-2.5s front, 2 Sonigistic/Monsoon 1600 rear and a Genesis Servo subwoofer. The room is 20' x 26' and is 13' high. Unless your configuration is the same as mine I suspect the one you test out will sound different than mine. By the way, the video is being played through a built in Pioneer Elite 710 and is excellent.
  - Oops! Meant to say the 9000 is broken in, not broken. More 2900 comments follow: - Striving for Musical Clarity 11:15:57 05/01/03 (2)
    Again, the 2900 is excellent on SACDs, DVD-As, and DVDs. I'm going to have to wait until the 2900 is broken in some more before I'll be able to grade it on redbook CD performance.
    Other points about the Denon 2900 I like are:
    . Regardless of the type of disc you insert it recognizes the format and plays it without the need for any further action on your part.
    . If you're playing a multi-channel SACD, you can select whether you want the multichannel band, the 2 channel band, or the redbook CD layer (actually the selection sets the priority for default).
    . It's obvious that a lot of thought went into the remote and on-screen display. You can see where marketing and engineering put themselves firmly in the shoes of the user in an effort to make the setup as seamless and intuitive as possible. For a single unit that can replace a CD player (including CD-Rs & CD-RWs), SACD player, DVD-A player, DVD player, MP3 player, and Kodak / JPEG photo slide projector, they've done an amazingly good job. It's pretty much hassle free.
    . There's a complete speaker/bass management system (speaker size, speaker select, individual speaker volume, etc.). If I didn't already have this capability on my preamp/processor I would be greatly appreciating this.
    . It has pure direct mode for audio.
    . It has excellent control for video including black level and gamma.
    It's really a rather amazing unit for just $999.
    - - Can you set all speakers to "small" on the 2900? (nt) - Eric LeRouge 13:45:18 05/01/03 (1)
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      - Yes ... nt - Striving for Musical Clarity 22:33:21 05/01/03 (0)
        
        In Reply to: - Can you set all speakers to "small" on the 2900? (nt) posted by Eric LeRouge on May 01, 2003 at 13:45:18:
        
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Is this with Denon's AL24 processing on the -2900? {n.t.} - Martin 03:23:01 05/01/03 (0)
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