Would it make it less or more incongruous?Proufo, do you own one?
Would it make it less or more incongruous?Proufo, do you own one?
First, this is the owner's thread. Not that you can't or shouldn't ask questions, but the fact is you haven't heard it and seem fairly intent on being negative without any first hand knowledge. This, in my opinion, delegitimizes you offerings here to some extent.Would it make it less or more incongruous?
First, this is the owner's thread. Not that you can't or shouldn't ask questions, but the fact is you haven't heard it and seem fairly intent on being negative without any first hand knowledge. This, in my opinion, delegitimizes you offerings here to some extent.
Are you sure?Second, where did you get the idea that this device is redigitizing anything? This is an analog in/analog out device. It alters the signal but not the format. Even if the high-end tops out at 20MHz, that doesn't make it a digitally altered signal.
Maybe the manufacturer should step in and clarify.
This sounds so technical it's beyond my comprehension."the original recording quality is unchanged."
Second, where did you get the idea that this device is redigitizing anything? This is an analog in/analog out device. It alters the signal but not the format. Even if the high-end tops out at 20MHz, that doesn't make it a digitally altered signal.
Hi All
Please note some reviews have started to appear on other forums, below are the ones I now of but more is to come.
http://audaud.com/2013/05/surround-master-processor/
Interesting.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=510808
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=513475
http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/ind...d-master-stereo-to-surround-sound-conversion/
If any qq members are also member of these and other forums it would be great if you can spread the word!......hopefully good.
Audioholics are currently treating us like lepers. hopefully someone there will actually decide to listen to the thing.
Regards
Chucky
Very impressive Chucky - especially if that's as negative as the reviews get!
One question: does Involve have any plans to make a product out of your "Vectorscope" 4 Channel Audio Scope used in the lab?
Now that the Technics SH-3433 Quad Scope is no longer available, I bet that a 4.0 and 5.1 Vectorscope product would be a popular item among Home Theater and Surround fans !
Hi bmoura
No, but I would be happy to find the article where we found the circuit (was in qq somewhere)
Regards
Chucky
I think you're looking for this thread
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...Technics-SH-3433-AUDIOSCOPE&highlight=SH-3433
Hi all
I promise to give you a "warts and all" sample of reviews, well here is an interesting one:
First unhappy customer - wanting a return and then changing his mind!
CUSTOMER WROTE:
Hi, I purchased the Surround Master and it was shipped on May 16. Whilst there aren't any problems with the unit it doesn't suit my system or style of listening, can you advise on 30 day return policy.
WE REPLIED
Hi there Peter,
Sorry to hear the product wasn't for you. However, you do get the honour of being our first ever return.
If you don't mind, are you able to be more specific about why it didn't suit you / your system? Whether it was a connection problem, or you didn't get the type of sound you were expecting, or something
else. For example, we know some people had trouble with the fact that the 5.1 front outputs had the centre content removed, and people without centre channels were using those front outputs by mistake instead of the 4 channel fronts.
This isn't for any return purposes mind you, but it helps us greatly to know where we might have gone wrong or what we can do to improve the product / our products in the future.
The policy / process is fairly straight forward - pop it in the post and your payment will be refunded as soon as we receive it.
The return address is
Involve Audio
Attention: David
33-35 Malcolm Road
Braeside, Victoria
Australia 3195
Many Thanks
~David Alexandrou
THE CUSTOMER REPLIED:
Hi David,
Thanks for your reply and for the chance to have the dubious honor of being the first to return a Surround Master. I'd emailed a couple of times (not via the site but to the email address that had notified me when the unit was sent) but had no reply.
After getting your response I sat down again for a protracted listening session again. Initially I'd heard a harshness and sound from the rears was just too obvious. Compared to discrete surround the system just didn't gel. I'm using a pair of REL subs and thought they were the problem.
Turns out the pricey surge protector I was using with a NAD M51 was at fault. Replacing that with a cheap unit today made all the difference. All the Surround Master did was make those faults all the more apparent and with the DAC sounding better I can appreciate what the Surround Master can do.
I've still got some tweaking to do but can confidently state I won't be returning the unit after all. Thanks again for your response and info re the 4/5.1 channel fronts.
Regards, Peter
AND ANOTHER REVIEW (Checkout his blog site too: http://stevem1960.blogspot.com.au/ )
The Involve Surround Master is the best movie decoder I have had in my home! Fantastic movie sound effects and better separation of the five channels than I have heard from the standard Dolby Prologic II and Neo: 6 DSP algorithms built into most home theatre receivers. Dolby sounds blurred in comparison, especially with vocals.
I just wish that the Surround Master encoding technology was adopted by the big players in the industry so that it becomes a part of our purchase with off the shelf HT receivers from Yamaha, Sony, Denon and the like ...
Cheers,
Steve.
Regards
Chucky
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