jflaco1 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Hey all, I'm looking at pairing a receiver with my newly-bought JE480 deck. I'm not looking for anything fancy, and I was wondering if anybody had any experience with this: SONY STR-DH130 2-CHANNEL STEREO RECEIVER I can get it cheap enough ($160 cdn), and reviews seem OK. Any serious objections? Should I look at something else? Better bargains for something comparable and not much more expensive? Any thoughts would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I'd try to establish a digital to digital connection for the purposes of playback. Does the DH130 support digital (optical TOSlink) in? If so then you need to do the well-documented mod to the 480 to get optical output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflaco1 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 All it seems to have is a dedicated 'MD/Tape' input: No sign of anything digital. Does the analogue cable not provide a 'clean' audio signal from the MD deck? (forgive the ignorance; I'm very new at 'hi-fi' and systems). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Especially, compressed audio (SP seems mostly exempt, thanks to good engineering and plenty of spare data to paper over the gaps) seems to benefit from the upsampling (usually internally to 192kHz) that happens with the optical output from LP2 and LP4. If you don't need the greater clarity by all means go ahead with plan A. Seems a shame to us MD nuts, though. I would go for something older (is second hand an option for you????) or more expensive that has optical (or coax digital) input. The problem of getting optical out from your MD deck you can deal with later (either by getting a deck that has it, or by :fixing: your JE480). Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmduser Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 That's a good price for it. I have a similar setup but with an older model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I realise you'll have to find some way of getting it to Qatar from the UK, but how does this look to you: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-STR-DB940-5-1-Channel-110-Watt-Receiver-with-3-Eltax-speakers-/181480213147?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Home_Cinema_Receivers&hash=item2a41104a9b Forget 7.1, 5.1 is plenty good enough no matter how complex a system you eventually want. This one has optical in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflaco1 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Excellent advice and source. What a difference in options! I looked it up on eBay.ca and there are a couple there. Many thanks for your time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hahahah you are in Canada, no wonder. Generally there are lots more choices in the USA (and Canada) for things like this, but I was assuming you needed the 230V model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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