{"id":52,"date":"2009-09-19T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/?p=52"},"modified":"2009-09-22T17:33:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T17:33:25","slug":"integra-dtc-9-8-processor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/equipment\/integra-dtc-9-8-processor\/","title":{"rendered":"Integra DTC 9.8 Processor"},"content":{"rendered":"

With HDMI and the new surround sound formats that came with Blu-Ray I found myself shopping for a new preamp to replace my aging Outlaw Audio 950<\/a> and quickly came across the Integra DTC 9.8. People all over the internet were going crazy about it and it didn’t take me long to find out why. With balanced inputs and outputs, a feature usually only found on the highest end of products, the amazing HQV Reon video processor, THX Ultra2 Certified, four HDMI 1.3a inputs and two HDMI outputs, 24\/192 kHz Burr Brown DACs on all channels, Audyssey MultEQ XT for easy speaker setup and a price point of only $1,699. After doing a bunch of reading about the DTC 9.8 I concluded that it was the model for me and went looking for one, that turned out to be easier said than done. I ended up going back to the great guys at Music Lovers Audio<\/a> in Berkeley, I’ve song their praises before but if you’re in the SF bay area you owe to yourself to check them out. <\/p>\n

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Music Lovers didn’t have any in stock but the were more than happy to order one up for me. It took about 3 weeks for my order to come in. When I went to pick it up the first thing I noticed was the weight, at nearly 30 pounds it’s pretty impressive. I got the unit home and quickly started setting things up. After getting everything all wired up I tried using the Audyssey MultEQ to calibrate the system and that’s when things got ugly. I plugged in the supplied mic and the system did what it was supposed to do but when it came time to actually calibrate something was wrong. I contacted Music Lovers and they told me not to worry, they will get things straightened out and a couple days later one of their employees came by my house to see if he could track down the problem. He couldn’t. They ended up having to order me another unit. Thankfully, the unit was still totally functional so I wasn’t without. To make a long story short, it took over six weeks for my replacement unit to arrive, but that one worked just great.<\/p>\n

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I absolutely love my Integra DTC 9.8. I have it paired with my Outlaw 7100<\/a> amplifier and I think it sounds absolutely amazing. The Reon processor does a great job of upscaling non 1080P signals, such as that from my Oppo DVD player<\/a> and Playstation 3<\/a> games. The processor was incredibly easy to setup with great onscreen menus which are setup logically and very straight forward. I am absolutely loving the lossless audio of TrueHD and DTS-MA on Blu-Ray discs, the sound is just amazing. The unit has tons of inputs and outputs, plenty for all my gear. It’s incredibly easy to use with an excellent button layout and it even has some front panel inputs which have come in handy a couple times. It was very easy to setup with an excellent menu system. It really truly is an amazing piece of gear, I am extremely satisfied with it.<\/p>\n

If I had any complaints it’s that I wish it had more HDMI inputs, I have enough for all my gear currently but I am using all my HDMI inputs already. It would also be nice if you could set a different resolution per HDMI out. I’d also like to be able to send digital signals to another zone.<\/p>\n

Integra DTC 9.8 Processor Features<\/h2>\n

AUDIO PROCESSING:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 THX\u2122 Ultra2 Certified
\n\u2022 Toroidal Transformer Plus 2 Separate Power Transformers for Audio & Video Processing
\n\u2022 HDMI (v.1.3a) Audio & Video Processing
\n\u2022 Audyssey MultiEQ\u2122 XT Advanced Room Correction
\n\u2022 DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High-Resolution Audio, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus Decoding
\n\u2022 Burr Brown 192 kHz\/24-bit DACs for All Channels
\n\u2022 Neural THX Surround Processing
\n\u2022 Three Advanced TI 32-Bit Processing DSP Chips
\n\u2022 Linear Optimum Gain Volume Circuitry
\n\u2022 VLSC- Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry- All Channels
\n\u2022 Bi-amp Capability for Front L\/R Channels
\n\u2022 IntelliVolume Input Level Calibration System
\n\u2022 15-band Graphic Equalizer
\n\u2022 Variable Crossover Settings by Channel Pair
\n\u2022 Accurate Speaker Distance Settings (0.2ft increments)
\n\u2022 A\/V Sync Delay Adjustment by Input (up to 250ms)<\/p>\n

VIDEO:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 HQV Reon-VX Processing for Premium Quality HDMI Upscaling\/Transcoding of All Sources (up to 1080p)
\n\u2022 HD Component Video (100 MHz) w\/upconversion
\n\u2022 Composite video output (x2)
\n\u2022 Passes PLUGE signals
\n\u2022 Video black level control
\n\u2022 Parallel outputs \u2014 all active simultaneously (@480p)<\/p>\n

CONNECTIONS:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 1080p Deep Color\u2122 (36 bit) Capable HDMI (4in\/2out) w\/upconversion\/transcoding
\n\u2022 7.1 Channel Balanced Line Level XLR Outputs
\n\u2022 2-Channel Balanced XLR Audio Input (assignable)
\n\u2022 7.1 Multichannel Input & Pre-output
\n\u2022 XM\u00ae & SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ready
\n\u2022 HD Radio Reception Capability
\n\u2022 RDS (Radio Data System) Ready
\n\u2022 Assignable Digital Inputs (4 HDMI\/3 optical\/3 coaxial)
\n\u2022 HDMI\/Component Video Assignable to Tape\/CD\/Phono
\n\u2022 1 Optical Digital Output
\n\u2022 Front Panel A\/V Inputs (including optical)<\/p>\n

CUSTOM INTEGRATION FEATURES:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Bi-directional Ethernet & RS-232 Port for 3rd Party Control Systems
\n\u2022 Fixed\/Variable Zone 2 w\/HD Component Video & Subwoofer Output
\n\u2022 Fixed\/Variable Zone 3 w\/Subwoofer Output
\n\u2022 Zone 2 Bass\/Treble\/Balance Controls
\n\u2022 Main Zone\/2\/3 Maximum & Power On Volume Settings
\n\u2022 Exclusive IntelliZone for advanced second room playback and control
\n\u2022 Dealer Settings Memory Store & Recall w\/Lock\/Unlock
\n\u2022 Permanently Stored Memory Settings
\n\u2022 Dual IR Inputs w\/Common Output
\n\u2022 3 Programmable 12V triggers (w\/adj. delay)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With HDMI and the new surround sound formats that came with Blu-Ray I found myself shopping for a new preamp to replace my aging Outlaw Audio 950 and quickly came across the Integra DTC 9.8. People all over the internet were going crazy about it and it didn’t take me long to find out why. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pE8l7-Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moesrealm.com\/home-theater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}