Can you elaborate on this?
This is a surprise.
The difference I noticed was not by a huge margin between the shield 2017 and the PS4 or the Bluray player. I have sold both the Bluray player, PS4 and very comfortable with shied pro 2019. Firestick for sure was absolutely horrible among all these devices and doesn’t belong in an avr set up
It does have a gigabit port. I remember seeing 1000mbps in the LAN interface section in my shield pro 2019
The Nichicon and Keltron caps deal with Analog part of the audio, not digital. Digital audio shouldn't be processed in the first place, but left untouched till it reaches the DAC. That's why hardware doesn't matter.
The problem with firestick is with bugs. Netflix with Atmos used to be supported on Firestick last year, then it got broken and now it doesn't.
That was an example I used. Not necessarily pertaining to Audio. It applies in the digital domain for audio and video as well.
Both from SW and HW front , dont expect much change. You will be better off with a FS or Apple TV in your case. As @neogen mentioned in earlier post...as long you use this TV as dumb display , you should be happy with other aspects specially with the PQ .
Cant comment on VU ...but that would be a different territory altogether .....price is more than 2x as compared to Mi. At that price , investing in 65 inch OLEDs is a better option IMHO
Ah, definitely agree with your there. However, if the component quality is bad but all it's doing is passing through digital audio it won't really matter. If the component quality is bad, it might fail in a few months or shut off at times. However, if it's just spitting out digital audio, it won't matter at all for the quality. In my case, the DAC will be on another device altogether, say a Denon x3700H which will have significantly superior power delivery and VRMs. Since the signal was just 0s and 1s in the previous chain, even trash tier components won't impact the quality (this assumes that the digital audio device doesn't have any passthrough bugs, which is not true for firestick 4k)
Why though? Does the firetvstcik4k decode the bitstream, compresses and downgrades it and then re-encodes it? The avr clearly says it is recieving a bit stream(dd+/Atmos) and not a pcm signal.
I really didn’t give much thought and just sold it off after testing. It’s just a bad device for avr. It sounds bad and that’s all I needed to know to get rid of it. Others who have tested it in an avr set up also confirmed the same.Seems like it’s even bad for video based on few fm’s comments. I didn’t test video performance.Even an entry level blu ray player that costs 7-8k can bitstream and play atmos but that doesn’t mean it will sound the same as a oppo blu ray player that costs 1lakh. As an enthusiast and hobbyist that’s all one needs to know. If some one really wants to know in depth on the reason they can just research more and get the details which I have 0 interest.
Knowing the underlying process/tech helps in selection of a device that supports or features that process/tech and doesn't cost a bomb out of all the available options to give the best value for money.
When I got the firestick I already had a Sony blu ray player and a PS4. So I really didn’t give that much interest in the firestick as I also had the shield shipped and waiting for delivery at that time. If I had any issue in my avr or subwoofer or any of the gears in my chain I would have taken the interest to know the root cause. For me I had the solution already and also knew the FS is a bad device. So not worth the time for some one like me. Most who are in to HT with good avr set up knows this already. There are two set of people in this hobby. One who purchase, enjoy and share their experience and others who don’t own anything, don’t have any experience and just go on and on arguing for the sake of winning an argument. The technical details are nothing which even a 10 year old can just google and type in forum. Just my opinion.
A third set who want to go into the minute details like how the same bitstream audio from the same file source can sound different in the same audio setup. It's something I never thought possible and I have been an home theatre enthusiast since 2002 who has had a dedicated marantz home theatre setup in a seperate room since 2009(upgrading to new techs regularly like Dolby Atmos as and when they become available and affordable)and have helped others setup their home theatres according to their budget. Didn't come here to argue, it was just curiosity.
No no I am not mentioning you or saying you shouldn’t ask why it’s sounding different. That was a generalised comment. It’s a hobby for sure it’s an individual choice if he wants to get in to the minute details. For me I prefer not to especially for a device like fs when I already had 3 better devices. Look at my other threads and the length I have gone to figure out the issues with bass and the measures I have taken to rectify them. Many fms helped me with their real life experience. You definitely don’t fall into the 2nd category and that is why I am even talking with you and explaining my opinions that’s all. I don’t claim that my opinion is the right choice and others should just accept it. Hope things are clear between you and me. Now when you have a shield, PS4, blu ray player and a firestick which sounds bad in your set up why will you waste time digging in to the tech specs? Just get rid of it. That’s my choice. And if you want to dig deep sure go ahead nothing wrong. Personal choice
Peace bro
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