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But I've heard a large number of AKM449x based implementations - including one just using AKM's reference design to help designers get started. And they all sounded amazing. I've also heard a number of Sabre32 implementations. Including the Oppo. While you can tweak DACs with better capacitors, resistors and power supplies, there's a house sound to the DAC. IMHO the AKMs just sound better. They remind me of PS Audio's DirectStream. Not quite the same level - but on that same road. Plus the BDA3 allows you to use any BD player. Or HDMI source. If you are ever contemplating 4K, any investment you have in the Oppo will be obsolete. Whereas you can always get a dual HDMI output 4K BD player that can send video to a 4K projector (compliant with all the latest HDMI and HDCP standards) and have a second HDMI to the BDA3.
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I received my projector and screen. I installed the screen yesterday and have the projector on a stand to make sure everything works. I have a guy scheduled to mount the projector today. The sound is okay coming through my 2 channel, but I submit surround sound will be even better. Do the rear speakers really matter? If so, how critical is it to match the rears with the front and center speakers? Do I really need a sub?
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Ricjor1, with your large 120" screen I would definitely add a center channel, rears and a sub to optimize your HT experience. For the last year or so all of my HT speakers now match but for the 20 years prior my center and rear speakers didn't match. For movies and sports it never bothered me. Your problem may be with such a large screen that you can't place your front speakers exactly where you want for stereo and not block your large screen. I came close to having that problem with only a 100" screen. My fronts are just at the visual edge of the screen.
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The screen fits perfectly in between the speakers.
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Regardless of how well they fit, it is still two channel and the answer remains the same: for movies, a center channel and a sub are much better.
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My post was in response to the screen being too big to properly place the speakers. Speakers were placed and measurements taken to make sure the screen fit prior to ordering.
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Sorry I wasn't clear. I wasn't referring to the speakers physically fitting to the outside of the screen but where they can be placed for the best sound, as if the screen wasn't there. If I move just my front speakers too far apart without a center channel I loose the sound that I am looking for.
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