Tom:
Just spent most of the afternoon setting up the Yamaha DSP-3090 in my listening room. I am using the Mirage 890is as mains, the JBL Controls as front effect and center, and two NHT Super zeros as rears. No fancy cables - just hardware store zip cord for speakers. The sub is the very capable adaptable AES -308. As source I have the Phillips 877 table and the Grado Black (very happy with that table - for the price a lot of features - built-in stylus pressure gauge! - and dead quiet - mates well with Grado - love this table) - {right now listening to Tito Puente - Bailables}, the Pioneer RT-707 (still have not gotten around to changing the counter belt on that, waiting for you to finish the CTF-1250 to replace the reel-to-reel with that), and the PS Audio Lambda with Ultralink DAC (have not tried to use the Yammy's DACs - that could help the digital-analog-digital-analog jump distortion, by removing the Ultralink, but it sounds good as is so why mess with success). The Yammy tuner tuner TX-480 is decent but not remotely comparable to the older analog tuners i have been using recently.
Altogether an interesting setup. The Yamaha DSP craziness is kind of fun, though I seem to stay in the jazz "Cellar Club" most of the time. Very nice setup, digital warts and all. Good for a few months of listening before the change bug strikes again. I am now tempted to get a Yamaha for the theater - I have a Denon 5803 there - in case anyone wants to trade. The Denon is ridiculously high powered at 170 watts per channel x 7 channels of clean power, and THX-Ultra2 certified, in case someone wants to trade.
The Sansui awaits hook up to the Polk Monitor 5s once I have a place for it in the house. I am having a tough time finding a manual for the QS-800 quad synthesizer on the web (for free anyway).
