Radioshark cary8/1/2023 ![]() The manual setup can be as perfect as you want it to be, and it is very easy to do. ![]() Perhaps this is one area where Cary might benefit from an off-the-shelf solution like Audyssey. It also had problems getting phase correct and calculated speaker distances that were wildly off. The automated setup software was buggy and misbehaved in my room, audibly pushing test tones through the subwoofer and then informing me I had none. The manual describes how the mike should be positioned for the automated setup process, but after several failed attempts, I did what the manual highly recommends-set speaker levels and distances manually with a sound pressure meter. The supplied microphone used for speaker setup and room equalization is encased in a heavy, rectangular, perforated metal cage. But the inability to superimpose volume level or surround mode changes on the screen is an inconvenience that required nestling a pair of Nikon binoculars between remotes on the end table so I could read the front panel from afar when needed. I’m a straight-wire-with-gain kind of guy, so I didn’t lament the Cary’s lack of video controls already available on my Pioneer Kuro plasma. ![]() Even your initial setup must be done using the Cinema 12’s front panel display. The absence of video processing means no onscreen displays, either. (You can check our Video Test Bench to see how well it fared.) Don’t go looking for component, composite, or S-Video inputs and outputs around back, or any ability to upscale lower resolution sources. There are four 3D-capable HDMI 1.4a inputs that provide switching to feed your display with all the Blu-ray and sat TV you’ve got-up to four sources, that is-albeit without the slightest bit of processing and with no adulteration of the signal. This doesn’t mean you won’t find video inputs. But the Cinema 12 is sold as an audiocentric component that eschews video processing. Audio purists will appreciate the fact that you can bypass all digital conversions for your analog sources, including the 7.1 analog input you might use with an SACD player.Ĭary sells a separate, extensive video processor, the Cinema 11v, so the company’s not uncomfortable whipping, chopping, and pureeing your video signal. The Cinema 12 even offers a pair of stereo analog XLR inputs and a single balanced digital input beyond the roster of seven single-ended analog input pairs. The Cinema 12 offers both single-ended RCA and true, differentially balanced XLR outputs, an arrangement and circuit design mirrored on the Model 7.125 amplifier. Time spent in my fledgling home studio has taught me why pros prefer them. They exude an air of quality and reliability that physically and musically justify their significant price.Ĭall me weird, but I get excited when I see XLR connectors on my audio gear. Something must have shook loose during transit, because instead of music, all I got when I powered them up was a wisp of smoke as one monoblock sadly committed hara-kiri! The Cary Cinema 12 and Model 7.125 are an eternity of light years away from those fragile forays into bottle socketry. Over a decade ago, while writing for a now-defunct audio magazine, my editor shipped me a pair of monoblock Cary tube amps he’d never gotten around to reviewing. ![]() Price: $8,990 At A Glance: Excellent detail and resolution ![]()
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