A bit disappointed with the sound of this "multifunctional DAC" 
Both in stereo and in multichannel.
My previous setup was Denon AVC-A1SRA as DAC and for stereo I used Rec.Out to Meracus Onesta integrated. More or less I was happy with the sound until upgrade bug struck me. AVC-A1SRA was replaced by Primare A30.5 and AVP-A1HDA.
First disappointment was that AVP doen have limitation on analog Rec.Outs: it cannot output any signal if digital source is that is better than 20/44.1: Rec.Out is silent on 24/96, 24/192 and Denon support confirmed that it is limitation.
Second (and main) is AVP's sound quality is a bit worse in direct mode - simply it is not so fast, dynamic, real - it's like behind the light curatain if compared to AVC-A1SRA, however Audyssey gives some artificial "volume", what is a slightly better for movies, but still lack dynamics in battles, shots, etc. Also, after listening long time - ears are tired and gives signal to brain just switch off the music, what was not happen with previous setup with AVC.
I've looked inside of both amps: older one had Nichicon ASF caps in most important places, but AVP is full of smd-type electrolytics everywhere, even if there is space.I've connected record player for pure analog test and sound remained it's character. I suppose that AVP's preamp + signal path from phono have something what affects the sound in the way I do not like.
Searched internet and found that there are some companies who put their hands inside and there are some user reviews that sound seriously improved.
I have all service manuals for AVP (full set is ~20M), I can put it somewhere here if I know how to do this.
Then I'd like to get all the ideas from community, if there anything what can be done to improve the sound.
Both in stereo and in multichannel.
My previous setup was Denon AVC-A1SRA as DAC and for stereo I used Rec.Out to Meracus Onesta integrated. More or less I was happy with the sound until upgrade bug struck me. AVC-A1SRA was replaced by Primare A30.5 and AVP-A1HDA.
First disappointment was that AVP doen have limitation on analog Rec.Outs: it cannot output any signal if digital source is that is better than 20/44.1: Rec.Out is silent on 24/96, 24/192 and Denon support confirmed that it is limitation.
Second (and main) is AVP's sound quality is a bit worse in direct mode - simply it is not so fast, dynamic, real - it's like behind the light curatain if compared to AVC-A1SRA, however Audyssey gives some artificial "volume", what is a slightly better for movies, but still lack dynamics in battles, shots, etc. Also, after listening long time - ears are tired and gives signal to brain just switch off the music, what was not happen with previous setup with AVC.
I've looked inside of both amps: older one had Nichicon ASF caps in most important places, but AVP is full of smd-type electrolytics everywhere, even if there is space.I've connected record player for pure analog test and sound remained it's character. I suppose that AVP's preamp + signal path from phono have something what affects the sound in the way I do not like.
Searched internet and found that there are some companies who put their hands inside and there are some user reviews that sound seriously improved.
I have all service manuals for AVP (full set is ~20M), I can put it somewhere here if I know how to do this.
Then I'd like to get all the ideas from community, if there anything what can be done to improve the sound.
I suppose that this could be one of the reasons, as generally "audiograde" electrolytics have beter specifications at least on datasheets for ESR. Another thing is that AVC-A1SRA dac+preamp for my ears sound better and there are some higher grade caps.
If I can upload service manual with schematics here - it will be more informative.
If I can upload service manual with schematics here - it will be more informative.
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