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https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/home-theater-processors/MX170
I’m guessing it will beat my $600 refurb Integra! LOL
Wonder how it compares to the Bryston SP4?
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Me want this....
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https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/home-theater-processors/MX170
I’m guessing it will beat my $600 refurb Integra! LOL
Wonder how it compares to the Bryston SP4?
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the professor
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Pretty cool
W9TR
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Love my MX 151. It sounds very natural and clean. It would be nice to have The latest HDR 4K HDMI whatever but I have only one source for that now, an OPPO UDP 205, so I just run it into the second HDMI input in my PJ and run the 7.1 analog outs into the MX-151. Works great.
Mr Peabody
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This has been many years back, I compared a Mac processor to an Anthem, the Mac had their house sound, I preferred the Anthem for HT. Action movies need that impact and leading edge. IMO Circumstance had me actually end up with a Primare.
Me too. I ended up with Anthem then. Today, I would not look at Anthem at all.
The one to beat in that price range is Trinnov. Trinnov’s technology is tops!
Mike Lavigne
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agree; the Trinnov is a whole different level. you can find equal performance to the MX170 in a 15.1 Atmos processor at half the cost without the Mac name.
5 years from now; the Trinnov will be the one you will be glad you bought. i suppose if you have a wall full of Mac already then that's what you do.
i have an Anthem AVM 60 now and at $2k it was the right thing to buy 3 years ago for 11.1 speaker set up thinking it was a bridge purchase.
now considering one of the $5k-$8k 15.1 processors, or the Trinnov at double the price for 15.1. that's the question. since my main thing is my 2 channel room and music, my separate home theater is relatively compromised (other than the projector).
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Change of plans.
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Thanks. The home theater is getting a full makeover:
Trinnov SSP
JVC NX7
Hegel C55 x 2
Apple TV 4K
Oppo 205 (I bought one before Oppo shut down)
AudioQuest Diamond HDMI’s
AudioQuest Cherry Cola HDMI
100 inch Stewart Screen
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2FlyingYorkies
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Well, that's definitely not the "budget" route for an SSP, but I doubt you'll have buyer's remorse. Which speakers are you going to run it with? We love our Oppo 205, by the way. Still isn't much new on the market that comes close. So long as they keep updating firmware, I don't have much reason to look elsewhere.
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I considered the Panasonic UB9000 since it has HDR mapping technology that works in conjunction with the JVC, but with the recent firmware update in the JVC, it’s probably redundant. I thought about the NX9, but with only 100 inch screen and no opportunity for larger due to my pitched roof, it didn’t make sense. I considered the Sony 695es, but by all accounts, the JVC beats it and JVC is offering a free lamp until the end of May. Laser projectors were tempting, but too pricey.
Speakers are MBL 101e mk2’s, B&W HTM1 D3 center, B&W CWM7.5 S2 x 4, B&W CCM7.5 S2 x 4, B&W DB1D subs x 2.
I’m also ripping out all my existing Inwall cabling and putting in the best Inwall cable from AudioQuest, adding AudioQuest’s best Subwoofer cables and more.
We have been selling more HT stuff than I could have imagined once we added B&W. So, adding Sony, JVC and Trinnov was a no brainer. We are certainly not going to sell $699 Marantz receivers and try to compete. With Trinnov and Bryston’s SP-4, we have some good offerings for the occasional HT customer.
BlueFox
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Nice. HT is what got me back into listening to music. I have to admit that I never heard of Trinnov before.
2FlyingYorkies
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Ah. I forgot your theater was in the upstairs room with the MBLs. That should make for a potent setup. You'll have to let us know how those MBLs do paired with the Diamond center. Can't get too much different in transducer technology than those two.
And I should have known that the new Trinnov meant you picked up the line. If only they were closer to the 10k price point I might be in the market. For my new theater my budget leaves me stuck in the no-mans-land that is the new crop of 16 channel pre-pros in the 4-8k range, all of which are having major teething pains. Makes me very hesitant to commit to a purchase. But I want one of the top tier bass management packages so I don't have too many other choices without a major change in cost.
And I should have known that the new Trinnov meant you picked up the line. If only they were closer to the 10k price point I might be in the market. For my new theater my budget leaves me stuck in the no-mans-land that is the new crop of 16 channel pre-pros in the 4-8k range, all of which are having major teething pains. Makes me very hesitant to commit to a purchase. But I want one of the top tier bass management packages so I don't have too many other choices without a major change in cost.
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It’s really three tiers with Trinnov on top IMO.
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It’s really three tiers with Trinnov on top IMO.
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Big B
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My thought pattern is these processors change so rapidly it hard to justify spending a lot. I'm satisfied with 13 channels but more importantly I did not want to get into the game of flipping a processor at that level every 18 months or so, as new video technology comes on board. To a degree the same applies to projector.
I have not put any real time into A B ing a Trinnov. My new project yeehaw.
I have not put any real time into A B ing a Trinnov. My new project yeehaw.
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I felt the same way about the Mc. The Trinnov is modular based and new HDMI standards or audio changes are as simple as popping in and out a board by the end user. They offer up to 16 and up to 32 channel versions. I won’t even get to 16 in my size of room, so I went in that direction. The 3D microphone it uses is pretty cool.