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In Reply to: Re: Newbie Home Theater Question.. posted by rico on January 1, 2005 at 12:30:30:
Does that mean, if you are using a traditional integrated amp, you use the integrated remote all the time for volume purposes. Would that not also mean you use a regular input instead of a theater processing input?
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Your cable box would be like any other stereo source. The box should have a set up menu where you want to switch the analog output from variable to fixed. Also mono to stereo.
The HD boxes also have digital outputs (coaxial and/or optical). In the set up menu you would choose PCM or AC-3 (Dolby), depending on if you want to send the signal to an outboard DA converter or in board DA in a HT processor/receiver.
You can get a HT receiver (with L/R pre-outs) later, feed the digital output from the cable box to it for 2.0 Dolby pro logic 2 or 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. Then you would feed the L/R signal from the receiver to the HT bypass in your integrated amp, and use the receiver's built in amps for the other channels/speakers. In this case, the receiver's volume control would be utilized, so that all channel levels are matched.
Depending on how large/spread out your viewing audience will be, you may need to add a center channel speaker to get the proper dialog to screen alignment for everyone watching. Plus digital surround sound is the other half of HD viewing fun, worth checking out.
I do that, if you use external DACs, from the receiver, you get much better sound, also a center channel is a must with TV...
Antonio Melo Ribeiro
Why is 3 channel a must in a HT setup, particularly if one is not a special effects junky?
It is used to "lock" dialog and center effects and music on the screen for those viewers off to one side or the other. Many. including yours truly, do without it (although the surround channels are important in a good home theater).
Special effects have to do with surround speakers and subwoofers, the center speaker is a must to watch TV, unless everybody seats on the sweet spot, but if there is more than one in your household it will be quite difficult...Of course you will still hear what they say, but your brain will be always adjusting to image here, sound thre, believe me...
Antonio Melo Ribeiro
I listen with a phantom center to mono, stereo, and multi channel sources from LPs, cassettes, laserdiscs, DVDs, and cable broadcast channels. I find that a good pair of identical left and right speakers, properly placed and calibrated by sound level meter, produces more even sound pans across the front than a "hard" canter channel. And all mono sources are locked on the screen. I do admit that I live alone and employ a hard center sometimes when guests are here and sitting off to the side.
"I do admit that I live alone and employ a hard center sometimes when guests are here and sitting off to the side."
Antonio Melo Ribeiro
The operative word is "sometimes". Alone I always prefer a phantom center channel. Only when the room is filled and folks are sitting WELL to the left or right do I sometimes switch in the hard center speaker. And even then not always. It depends on the program material.
Thats what I said, unless you sit on the sweet spot, so there was nothing to disagree... ;)Still, in my case, with monitor front speakers, a large center will also increase dynamic range...
Antonio Melo Ribeiro
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