[BC] Re: HD Receiver

[Rich Wood]

------ At 03:12 PM 2/14/2007, r j carpenter wrote: -------

>Within the past few days I've seen a review of a $1,500 Sony 
>receiver for HD. Can't find it right now. From my reading of the 
>review, the HD in question is HDTV.  The receiver has loads of 
>inputs and outputs, audio and video, and five power amplifiers and 
>CAN SWITCH HDTV.  I saw no mention of HD radio.  They did mention 
>being able to have multiple audio paths so the kids can "listen to 
>XM in the next room" while the parents have a different choice in 
>the main listening area.
>
>Is this really a $1,500 radio without IBUZ?

it is. However, the $2000 Yamaha does have IBUZ. Another model has 
XM. Neither have HDTV switching. The dealer told me they hadn't sold 
any IBUZ units and it's no longer on display. The XM version is. 
Unfortunately, when connected to high end speakers the artifacts 
become very obvious for both technologies.

Rich