Hi Gonk,

I agree that the 990 looks awesome, I just thought I'd bring up an alternative to think about. I'm really just talking myself out of an impulse buy. The Outlaws should clue us in sooner, not so that we can plan how to buy, but how not to! I mean.....my old Sony Trinitron started acting up so I'm planning for my first HDTV, but that requires the new room so I gotta get busy on that, and now THIS! Somethin's gotta give. Know what I mean?

Slee_Stack,

I think it affects the length of cable you can have. I haven't read up on it, but I recall reading once that USB2 devices can operate over longer distances than 1.1. Probably not an issue for most people but it could be.

SH: I thought balanced outputs (i.e., balanced interconnects) remove *all* noise on both sides of the circuit? Why would odd order be any different from even order? The "order" is just the relationship of the added components to the original signal. But out of phase is out of phase, and they should be removed just as well. ??


Drats- no i.Link. I am personally not a fan of HDMI for digital audio transmission. I.Link *can* be a jitterless connection. HDMI cannot be. Maybe not a big deal in the real world, but still an advantage of i.Link over HDMI. (Plus, HDMI may never get the OK for SACD/DSD transmission.)

So now I have to learn some more about the Sherwood P-965. For example, anyone know where it's (ahem) manufactured? I'm surprised there aren't more coax inputs though. Anyone know what the DSP engine is?

Very nice looking!

Kevin,

We're trying to move the balanced interconnect discussion to this thread in the Outlaw to Outlaw section of the forum. I'll repost you're query to SH over there for you.

From what I could find, USB 2.0 is still subject to the 5-meter cable length restriction as USB 1.1. I did stumble across a few extension cables like this one that can get you an extra 40 feet or more by boosting the signal (they are apparently powered by the USB port itself).

WOW, it has been a great week for the announcement that definately shook up things in the audio world. Only three weeks till I see it live at the NYC show. I am really excited to hear this unit. I think we all have been looking at those pictures everyday. A real pat on the back for Outlaw announcing and bringing this out so fast.

Regarding the USB input for audio purposes: I know there's a lot of products out there that use USB to _input_ audio to a PC, but how would one send audio out over USB? I imagine it would just be a matter of software, as I don't recall seeing this on any soundcards?

Ed

Well I might as well hang out here... again... to find out if this is something I want/need.

LQQK

JeffreyMercado - Have fun at the NYC show. I hear that psklenar will also be attending for part of the show, and there may be a few other gunslingers who show up. Remember, those of us stranded far from the big apple will be looking to those of you who do attend to report back to us. Oh, and pictures will help.

x84HurstOlds - I've known of at least one or two devices that plug into USB ports and act essentially as outboard sound cards. One co-worker of mine has a PC that came with no sound card but had USB speakers (with the sound card basically built-in). I'm guessing that the Model 990 (and the RR2150, which also is supposed to sport a USB input for audio playback) will behave similarly. It will be curious to actually see how it behaves, though.

Kevin, http://www.etronics.co.kr/english/index.html