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| - | 565 Advantages Over the 566 | + | ===== 565 Advantages Over the 566 ===== |
| - | It is not well known and therefore suprising that the Orion 565 holds a few advantages over the Orion II 566 in terms of performance: | + | It is not well known, and therefore suprising, but the Orion 565 holds a few advantages over the Orion II 566 in terms of performance: |
| 1. The 565 provides stereo line out connections on the Aux I/O connector where the 566 only has a single line out | 1. The 565 provides stereo line out connections on the Aux I/O connector where the 566 only has a single line out | ||
| - | 2. On very strong s9++ signals where the hardware AGC kicks in, the 565 receiver stays clean but the 566 reciever is prone to occasional distortion. This has been verified on three out of three 566's tested. | + | |
| + | 2. On very strong s9++ signals where the hardware AGC kicks in, the 565 receiver stays clean but the 566 receiver is prone to occasional distortion. This has been verified on four out of four 566's tested, which spanned the entire production history. | ||
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| + | 3. The latest version 3 beta firmware provides a few extra features on the 565 over the 566, but the 566 is likely to catch up in 2015/2016. | ||
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| + | 4. Some consider the receive audio quality slightly smoother on the 565 | ||
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| + | Of course the 566 holds a major advantage over the 565 with its crisp color display and the 566 also seems less prone to occasional encoder issues. | ||
