Video Asylum

Posted by sbrians (A) on March 17, 2012 at 11:42:50

In Reply to: RE: You have what you need for 4.1 sound. posted by docw on March 17, 2012 at 10:24:16

I don't see how that would help you since your player does not have HDMI output I believe. I also don't know what they mean by amplifier. Maybe a pre-amp with volume control?
In my system the Oppo does enable me to turn the volume down from the reference level that I have set up, but there are rare movies that I cannot turn up loud enough without re-adjusting all of my levels. My rear amp does have gain knobs which gives me more flexibility, but even without that, I could just match my front and sub to the rears with my front pre amp and sub gain control.

I think the main purpose of that box is to connect a new blu ray player to an old HT processor with coax digital input. But your Pioneer does that already. I don't know whether your player has a volume control.