toenail
01-09-2005, 07:50 AM
Well I finally got my 4960 to replace the two failed Pioneer units. As a bonus, I picked up a Tosh 3960 for the bedroom system. Best Buy had them at $49.
After very little listening time, zero burn-in etc. I can state the following; I prefered the picture of the 4960 to that of the 3960. The sound for regular cd playback is quite good on both and one is indistinguishable from the other in this regard. Both are better than the Pioneer at this task. As far as multi channel/hi-rez I've not had much chance to listen. I did notice a lack of distance adjustment function though, which seems like it should be a concern. It may be there and I've just not found it in the menus. I'll have to look further. Toshiba recommends setting speakers to large unless there is audidble distortion. I can say that while set on small the subwoofer is very dominant and not to my taste. After further tuning and experimentation we'll see if this still holds true. One other thing, the Pioneer transport was very noisy during playback and when switching tracks. The 3960 was much quieter at this, but still audible. The 4960 was inaudible.
After very little listening time, zero burn-in etc. I can state the following; I prefered the picture of the 4960 to that of the 3960. The sound for regular cd playback is quite good on both and one is indistinguishable from the other in this regard. Both are better than the Pioneer at this task. As far as multi channel/hi-rez I've not had much chance to listen. I did notice a lack of distance adjustment function though, which seems like it should be a concern. It may be there and I've just not found it in the menus. I'll have to look further. Toshiba recommends setting speakers to large unless there is audidble distortion. I can say that while set on small the subwoofer is very dominant and not to my taste. After further tuning and experimentation we'll see if this still holds true. One other thing, the Pioneer transport was very noisy during playback and when switching tracks. The 3960 was much quieter at this, but still audible. The 4960 was inaudible.