Reco on high end Av Receiver? apple compatible

In my search to purchase a High End AV Receiver, it's hard to tell if any of them are able to interface with a Mac via WiFi, iPOD touch, Internet. ( but especially for firmware updates )
Can anyone recommend a brand or model that is compatible with Mac's?
Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sony, HK etc

Tom,
May I suggest you post this same question – or even just search for your potential product – at the AVS forum. http://www.avsforum.com/
It’s got advertising on it so it’s not nearly as pretty and neat as this Apple site, but there are many discussions about the newer receivers, pre-amps, and AV processors. I’ve read a lot of posts about people with Integra, Denon, Marantz, and the rest with trouble trying to do firmware updates to their units.
With some of them you can do the update directly from the internet via an Ethernet connected pre/pro. Others appear to offer the option of downloading to a computer (PC is the usually one stated, but Mac may work too) and then copying the file to a flash drive. It may be that a flash drive formatted as a Windows drive might work for your unit. (For this information you really should contact the manufacturer. If you're spending $2,000, $3,000 or more for a processor they ought to be helpful.)
Some manufacturers, as someone said above, do require you to bring in your unit to an authorized service center for software updates.
Also, most modern units will have decent built-in D/A converters (that is at least part of what the “processor” is) so if you want to listen to music from your Mac you might want to get a mini-TOSLink to regular TOSLink digital cable. If your Mac has the dual mini output jack you’ll get a pretty clean digital signal direct from your Mac’s hard drive into the pre/pro for conversion to analog.
Good luck.

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Need "reco" on high end Av Receiver? apple compatible

In my search to purchase a High End AV Receiver, it's hard to tell if any of them are able to interface with a Mac via WiFi, iPOD touch, Internet. ( but especially for firmware updates )
Can anyone recommend a brand or model that is compatible with Mac's?
Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sony, HK etc

I think its going to depend on exactly what you'd like the interface to do...
If you are looking to control your receiver from your computer, most likely won't happen, except thru some type of web interface. No reason why it couldn't be done that way, but I just don't see the need for it.
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well, I have two devices that a combo CD player/Tape decks/radio tuner/amp; one has misc input, the other doesn't. Both are analog devices, both are old things I bought at a yard sale. I got 6 bookshelf speakers that use pairs of stripped wire as the input hooked up in 2 parallel wired sets of 3 to the CD/Tape/Tuner/Amp thing that has a misc input. Anyway, the one without misc input has a 3 disk CD changer, plus it would give me a way to input tape and radio sounds sources into my computer if I just connected it's audio outputs to the internally located Aux In on my soundblaster card in my computer. But I wonder, what considerations do I have to have?
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11/4/13 12:14:40.528 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBLocalDictionary discoverLocalIAAccounts]: Unknown high level account: com.apple.account.mail - 99FDF32E-E68B-4F21-9C81-23E4C5584B61
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11/4/13 12:14:40.542 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBSyncOperation mergeLocalChanges:]: Account not found during local discovery, however was not found in list of deleted accounts, will not delete: 2fb0cc15bc8da269dfecd712211145d546b563
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11/4/13 12:14:40.543 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBSyncOperation mergeLocalChanges:]: Account not found during local discovery, however was not found in list of deleted accounts, will not delete: 3a8bc483fa49f8ab589e9c8c58d764e42b6af8c9
11/4/13 12:14:40.543 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBSyncOperation mergeLocalChanges:]: Got the following deleted accounts: {
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11/4/13 12:14:40.544 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBSyncOperation mergeLocalChanges:]: Account not found during local discovery, however was not found in list of deleted accounts, will not delete: 9ab593d83bc31124d897db8d57477e4b0c8db24
11/4/13 12:14:40.545 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBLocalDictionary writeLocalMapping:]: Status: Writing out local mapping to disk
11/4/13 12:14:40.545 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBLocalDictionary writeLocalMapping:]: Status: Ending writing out local mapping to disk
11/4/13 12:14:40.546 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBRemoteDictionary writeDevices]: Status: Writing out of devices
11/4/13 12:14:40.546 PM icbaccountsd[5318]: -[ICBRemoteDictionary writeDevices]: Status: Ending writing out of device

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27" display (included)
I've done the research and I would roughly break even. Cost is not a concern. The following factors are under consideration...
What is the performance difference between the 4 cores I have in the 2.66 Xeon vs the 4 cores in the Core i5?
My X1900 graphics card is not supported under Snow Leopard's OpenCL. The new HD 4850 would be.
I'd like to have the larger display (27" vs. 23") and the built-in video camera for iChat video conferencing.
I am not a professional user. I consider myself a high-end consumer user, primarily doing HD video editing with iMovie, some video encoding with Handbrake, and "prosumer" work with RAW files in Aperture. The rest is basic use- such as email, internet, etc.
I would love to have some objective advice on this decision!
Thanks....

If performance of the current system is acceptable, I would keep it and use it as long as possible. You have the capability to do things like replace the display (with a new one of your choosing), upgrade the video card, and add additional internal SATA drives. Having additional internal storage at SATA speed, and using separate drives to store OS/apps and user data, will increase your system's productivity.
When performance of your Mac Pro is no longer acceptable, get a new Mac Pro.

High end macbook vs. black version. and a RAM question.

Is the $200.00 difference between the higher end white macbook vs. the black macbook due entirely to the larger hard drive on the black macbook? aside from the hard drive, tech spec wise they are identical. Or is there more to this?
Also, is the RAM on either the black or white macbook upgradeable manually? if so, is it easy to add?
Thanks!

The RAM is very easy to upgrade. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303721

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I'm looking for a high end pair of earphones (sub $150). I took a look at some of the Shure products online but I wasn't certain of how good they really were. Noise canceling would be great, if not, thats fine too. In ear, such as the stock Apple ones or like the Shure's do would be preferred. The conventional style headphones are too clunky for me.

I am using the Plantronics DSP 500, they are noise canceling and come with a mic attached as well. I realize that you did not specify that you needed a microphone, but these are simply great head set for the price. They can be had at Radio Shack for about $110. They are USB and integrate perfectly with the Mac. I've also used them on a PC with no issues.
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Macbook pro 13inch high end model retina or 15 inch low end model retina?

Hi, Im currently looking to upgrade my macbook air mid 2011 model in the next few months.
I am looking at getting a macbook pro either the high end 13ich retina or the low end 15 inch low end model. just not sure what to get.
i like the look of the mbp 15inch with the speakers on each side, but im not too sure about the weight issue. im going to be starting uni this year (travelling my car) and im not sure if the 15inch is going to be too big.
is the 15inch heavy to lugg around?
what mbp is better for a uni student?
or should i wait incase a newer model comes out?
thanks guys

A couple of factors you should take into consideration. You should find out from your school what applications will be desirable for the studies you will be involved in. Most are PC applications so that you may have to install Windows in your Apple. Depending upon the types of applications, a PC may make more sense.
Do not dismiss an Macbook Air. They are thin, light and the battery run times are superior to the Pro's. I suggest that you select the smaller version of each unless a larger display has great appeal to to. Aside from the disply size, there is little difference for a college student between the 13" and low end 15" MBPs.
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