Well, I now have a DENON 4806 receiver paired with a DENON 3910, and after a 3 CD firmware update to the 3910, I popped my Brothers in Arms SACD in and "presto" - 5.1 Hi Rez surround WITHOUT the 6 analog cables!!
:banana:
This deserves a dancing banana!!
This is very cool. I now have the 3910 connected only with a Denon Link cable and an HDMI cable (for video only) and it sounds terrific. It took me a while to get the whole thing going, so I have not auditioned a lot of SACDs yet, but I will return to this thread with a more in-depth report, including a few pictures.
For those with the same equipment as me, all it took was a trip to the Denon website upgrade page, the serial number of the 3910, and a very quick (over cable modem) download. From this zip file, you create 3 data CDs, then follow a very detailed PDF instruction set and install the 3 CDs that upgrade the firmware to "Denon Link 3". (It's too bad Pioneer did not make their firmware upgrades this easy)
Tomorrow when I get home, I am going to try some classical & Jazz SACDs, as these should really show some detail.
Now that SACD and DVD-A 5.1 surround discs can play "in the digital domain", it's a shame that the formats seem to be stalled and fading.
This is the most annoying thing of all..............
(PS - For those interested, the Denon Link cable comes with the 3910, not the 4806)
:banana:
This deserves a dancing banana!!
This is very cool. I now have the 3910 connected only with a Denon Link cable and an HDMI cable (for video only) and it sounds terrific. It took me a while to get the whole thing going, so I have not auditioned a lot of SACDs yet, but I will return to this thread with a more in-depth report, including a few pictures.
For those with the same equipment as me, all it took was a trip to the Denon website upgrade page, the serial number of the 3910, and a very quick (over cable modem) download. From this zip file, you create 3 data CDs, then follow a very detailed PDF instruction set and install the 3 CDs that upgrade the firmware to "Denon Link 3". (It's too bad Pioneer did not make their firmware upgrades this easy)
Tomorrow when I get home, I am going to try some classical & Jazz SACDs, as these should really show some detail.
Now that SACD and DVD-A 5.1 surround discs can play "in the digital domain", it's a shame that the formats seem to be stalled and fading.
This is the most annoying thing of all..............
(PS - For those interested, the Denon Link cable comes with the 3910, not the 4806)