I am going through this in my HT room. A good friend passed on his 10 year old TOTL Denon surround HDMI receiver. While I love what Audyssey does for the bass (it perfectly tuned my 2 passive subs to the room) the mids and highs have a kind of lifeless quality. My wife is constantly asking me to turn it up, which over the years I have come to realize is something that doesn't happen with the best receivers I have run.
My 20 year old HK AVR7200 is just so much more fun to listen to and engaging, even with the wild and peaky bass. Too bad the digital section was starting to make lots of noise or I would still be using it.
Also sorry to read about your Bluesound troubles JohnVF. I now have 3 Node2's in the house and frankly, I love them. I can play synchronized streams in multiple places even using Qobuz and I find the app easy enough to use. I am bucking the trend and being a test case for us all with these. I leave none of them on 7x24 as I have read too many heat related PS failure posts with these. But I don't leave any other components on all the time so why would I do it with these?
We will see if my experiment is a success, or if BS Support is correct and a different kind of failure will occur due to repeated inrush current.
My 20 year old HK AVR7200 is just so much more fun to listen to and engaging, even with the wild and peaky bass. Too bad the digital section was starting to make lots of noise or I would still be using it.
Also sorry to read about your Bluesound troubles JohnVF. I now have 3 Node2's in the house and frankly, I love them. I can play synchronized streams in multiple places even using Qobuz and I find the app easy enough to use. I am bucking the trend and being a test case for us all with these. I leave none of them on 7x24 as I have read too many heat related PS failure posts with these. But I don't leave any other components on all the time so why would I do it with these?
We will see if my experiment is a success, or if BS Support is correct and a different kind of failure will occur due to repeated inrush current.