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Jim L · 04-06-2012, 10:10 PM

Hi all.

I am very long overdue updating my gallery, but you know how it goes.

I had replaced several components in the last 3 years, but I didn't feel like going to the trouble of photographing and updating my gallery. (always a backlog of movies and DVR stuff to watch!)

This all started when my old Hsu subwoofer went out on me (after 7 years I might add!)

Well, Santa was really nice to me in November and December of last year.

I got the following items in this order:

NOV - Hsu VTF3-MK4 subwoofer
DEC - Pioneer Elite SC-55 receiver
DEC - Yamaha BD-A1010 blu-ray universal disc player
DEC - PS3 slim 160GB
DEC - Panasonic VT30 65" plasma

Quite a haul huh?

It was not an entirely smooth process. Like I said, my former Hsu sub went out on me and I tried a Polk sub, which just didn't cut it.

I was also having problems with my Oppo BDP-93 player and I had decided to send it to Oppo for repair and then dump it on eBay. For its replacement I tried a Sony ES 1700 (which was junk and turned out to be used so I returned it). Next I tried a Pioneer Elite BD-53 which looked beautiful and had great build quality, but was buggy as hell so I sent it back. Next I tried the Yamaha BD-A1010 and BINGO! It was great. I've never owned a Yamaha electronic product before, but now I think they're great. It's not buggy and its audio output for SACD->PCM is better than the Oppo because it is 176 kHz.

Meanwhile, my Oppo got repaired by the good folks at Oppo. I was about to give up on them because I had heard all these great things about Oppo. But I had nothing but problems over a 9 month period with the Oppo 93. It turned out to be a bad control board which they replaced and shipped back to me fixed within a week. I had already decided to keep the Yamaha, so I figured I would keep the Oppo as a primary movie device and the Yamaha as a primary music player. Both can do BD/DVD/SACD/DVD-Audio/CD so in a pinch I always have a backup (which I like).

Then as I saw the prices dropping for the VT30, I really wanted one and loved the new improvements, styling and the online apps.

So there it is folks. Upgraditis at its best (or worst).

Please drop by my gallery and have a look!

Gallery Updates

Thanks!

04-06-2012, 10:10 PM	#1
Jim L Special Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2006 Location:Myrtle Beach, SC Blu-ray reviews: 12 Trading Score:20	Major Makeover for Jim L's man-cave! Hi all. I am very long overdue updating my gallery, but you know how it goes. I had replaced several components in the last 3 years, but I didn't feel like going to the trouble of photographing and updating my gallery. (always a backlog of movies and DVR stuff to watch!) This all started when my old Hsu subwoofer went out on me (after 7 years I might add!) Well, Santa was really nice to me in November and December of last year. I got the following items in this order: NOV - Hsu VTF3-MK4 subwoofer DEC - Pioneer Elite SC-55 receiver DEC - Yamaha BD-A1010 blu-ray universal disc player DEC - PS3 slim 160GB DEC - Panasonic VT30 65" plasma Quite a haul huh? It was not an entirely smooth process. Like I said, my former Hsu sub went out on me and I tried a Polk sub, which just didn't cut it. I was also having problems with my Oppo BDP-93 player and I had decided to send it to Oppo for repair and then dump it on eBay. For its replacement I tried a Sony ES 1700 (which was junk and turned out to be used so I returned it). Next I tried a Pioneer Elite BD-53 which looked beautiful and had great build quality, but was buggy as hell so I sent it back. Next I tried the Yamaha BD-A1010 and BINGO! It was great. I've never owned a Yamaha electronic product before, but now I think they're great. It's not buggy and its audio output for SACD->PCM is better than the Oppo because it is 176 kHz. Meanwhile, my Oppo got repaired by the good folks at Oppo. I was about to give up on them because I had heard all these great things about Oppo. But I had nothing but problems over a 9 month period with the Oppo 93. It turned out to be a bad control board which they replaced and shipped back to me fixed within a week. I had already decided to keep the Yamaha, so I figured I would keep the Oppo as a primary movie device and the Yamaha as a primary music player. Both can do BD/DVD/SACD/DVD-Audio/CD so in a pinch I always have a backup (which I like). Then as I saw the prices dropping for the VT30, I really wanted one and loved the new improvements, styling and the online apps. So there it is folks. Upgraditis at its best (or worst). Please drop by my gallery and have a look! Gallery Updates Thanks! Last edited by Jim L; 04-06-2012 at 11:57 PM.

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