Steven Sullivan wrote:

Chung wrote:
Steven Sullivan wrote:


Having great respect for Floyd Toole, and having heard great things about
this latest implementation of room compensation elsewhere, I'd love to
try the HK -- the deal killer for me, right now, is that it
doesn't have ilink, which would bring SACD and DVD-A into the DSP fold.
I'm really hoping they'll amend that in the next product cycle.




Is iLink emerging as the digital connection standard for hi-rez? How
much do players with iLink outputs cost now? I wonder if manufacturers
have to pay any license fees to incorporate iLink.

I think if HK could provide digitization for the direct 6-channel inputs
so that DSP could be applied, that would be good enough for me.


Pioneer's ilink players start at $900 MSRP IIRC, while Yamaha has a model
coming ou soon at the $750 price point. That'll be the least expensive
one out there.


Does Sony sell any iLink model? Given that iLink (IEEE-1394)has been
generally heavily promoted by Sony, absence of Sony players with iLink
outputs is very conspicuous, and somewhat ominous.



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