A BD player with iLink/ Fireware/ IEEE 1394 connectivity?

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I am looking for a BD player with iLink/ Fireware/ IEEE 1394 connectivity. My main aim is to stream multi-channel digital audio from the source player to my avr without any DA and AD conversions associated with 7.1 channel analog connections.

I own two very high quality legacy avrs, a Pioneer 59Txi and a yamaha RX-Z9, both of which used to cost over four grand on their heyday. And even though I recently thought of an upgrade with HD ready avrs I was bitterly disappointed with their audio quality, even with their range topping models. It seems now a days avrs are all about movies with just power and features and lacking the most important refinement and detailing part in audio.

I have a collection of SACDs and DVD-As which I want to play with my avrs which unfortunately support only iLink for digital multi channel inputs.

I recently have a CA 751BD which I am hoping to pass on to my son, if I get a quality BD player with iLink connectivity.
 
Firewire is a nearly dead technology although it was excellent. Some Sony BDP may still retain the iLink support but it well be difficult. USB has replaced these interfaces.

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It was only a quick google :o and I guess this is far too expensive, but it shows that converters exist.

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Trawling the studio and semi-pro sites might turn up something more realistically priced.
 
just4kix & Thad thanks for your suggestions. Is there any way to connect these avrs to PC via fireware supporting the audio protocol?

Can anyone suggest which sony BDP supports iLink?

Thad I know converters are expensive. At the age of seventy I have no intension in which ever way to devote lums of my hard earned money into pricey audio components. I have done that in my past. Personally I believe to have passed the stage of being an audiophile. I just love to listen and enjoy music now.
 
Oh, I am thick sometimes :o ... the thread is about AVR, and somehow I can never get beyond audio in my mind! Sorry.
At the age of seventy I have no intension in which ever way to devote lums of my hard earned money into pricey audio components.
Yes, I know the feeling. I'm catching up with you fast and my hearing is no longer good enough to enjoy the results of the spending. Mind you... I'm not saying I'll never spend any more on audio!
 
I am looking for a BD player with iLink/ Fireware/ IEEE 1394 connectivity. My main aim is to stream multi-channel digital audio from the source player to my avr without any DA and AD conversions associated with 7.1 channel analog connections.

I own two very high quality legacy avrs, a Pioneer 59Txi and a yamaha RX-Z9, both of which used to cost over four grand on their heyday. And even though I recently thought of an upgrade with HD ready avrs I was bitterly disappointed with their audio quality, even with their range topping models. It seems now a days avrs are all about movies with just power and features and lacking the most important refinement and detailing part in audio.

I have a collection of SACDs and DVD-As which I want to play with my avrs which unfortunately support only iLink for digital multi channel inputs.
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I recently have a CA 751BD which I am hoping to pass on to my son, if I get a quality BD player with iLink connectivity.

Sad but true, Firewire is dead so is iLink.

Much like you, I also own a legacy AVR. I had put it on sale, but having second thoughts about it now. Recent AVRs are packing more codecs, more features, more bells, more whistles, but little performance. My AVR also has an iLink, unfortunately it only works with compatible players.

Please look at Denon. They still produce some acceptable quality products supporting their tech. For example: Denon DBT-3313UDCI.

PS: I haven't done much research before posting. May be you can't use the product with your AVR. Please contact Denon to clarify.
 
Sad but true, Firewire is dead so is iLink.

Very sad. But I am angry too.:mad:

Much like you, I also own a legacy AVR. I had put it on sale, but having second thoughts about it now. My AVR also has an iLink, unfortunately it only works with compatible players.

I just saw your sell thread and frankly speaking, that denon is a gem. Personally having owned its US version named 5803. Let me underline this when I say no current avr of any respected brand will come close to these beauties. I sold it while returning back to my country. I had two many of these avrs. Stereos too. Trimmed it down to two just two examples of avr and stereos each. Life is much simpler now.

Please look at Denon. They still produce some acceptable quality products supporting their tech. For example: Denon DBT-3313UDCI.

Will the denon players be compatible to yamaha and pioneer avrs? As far as I know denon used to have their own propiertry denon link. Being a very late comer to these personal computers I do very little net surfing, so am not aware of these current updates. Glad if someone helps me out.
 
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Very sad. But I am angry too.:mad:

Can't help. Technology keeps moving.

I just saw your sell thread and frankly speaking, that denon is a gem. Personally having owned its US version named 5803. Let me underline this when I say no current avr of any respected brand will come close to these beauties. I sold it while returning back to my country. I had two many of these avrs. Stereos too. Trimmed it down to two just two examples of avr and stereos each. Life is much simpler now.

I am in the same boat. It's too much of stuff to manage. That's why I put them on sale. But when I started looking for a replacement, I figured I would have to shell out twice to get half the performance. The only thing I will get would be ability to decode one or two new formats and HDMI switching, something I don't use anyway.

Will the denon players be compatible to yamaha and pioneer avrs? As far as I know denon used to have their own propiertry denon link. Being a very late comer to these personal computers I do very little net surfing, so am not aware of these current updates. Glad if someone helps me out.

I hope so. From the best of my knowledge, the Denon iLink is nothing but a rebadged ethernet connection. But I could be wrong, I haven't done a lot of research.

Do you have your product manuals? Do they mention anything on the compatibility?

If not, I will tell you an alternate method to utilize your flagships from the past. Slightly less convenient but would eliminate the need of upgrade.
 
Firewire is not quite dead (hey, I use it!) and there is still quite a lot of it in use by home-studio-to-pro-studio sound interfaces. But its days are numbered. Even without going to USB3, some of the pro kit is going USB now. USB3 will probably wipe out firewire.
 
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