I use my 802D3 full of joy even to 80% for movies. 2-channel-only.
Two changes in the system make me smile quite happily even on most movies.
One is the replacement of the Rotel RSP-1592 preamplifier connected via Audioquest Coffee HDMI with the Cambridge Audio Edge NQ, now connected via Audioquest Diamond USB. That brought me closer to the friendly side of the HighEnd.
And one of the things that brought me the most "ease" was the exchange from Audioquest Fire RCA to Audioquest WEL Signature XLR. Absolutely amazing and incomprehensibly fantastic, how absolutely light and self-evident and without any touching detail deep accents come out of the loudspeakers for movies or even series. And then there's the Audioquest Niagara 5000. It's almost as if the membrane surface of the 802D3 has been tripled every now and then. So I hardly switch on my subwoofer (DB2D) any more.
In fact, I have to admit that one thing is true, what you always say. Namely, the better the system, the worse the bad recordings do sound.
BUT! Going further in the real High End these not so good recordings begin to sound acceptable or even good again. Amazing.
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Last edited by GBP; 01-21-2019 at 11:50 AM.
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