Video Asylum

Posted by bstan (A) on November 01, 2001 at 12:14:06

In Reply to: AV System vs Audio System posted by Afonso on October 31, 2001 at 14:55:04:

A more direct answer for your Onkyo TX-DS696 receiver:

Take out the L&R pre-out to amp-in jumpers from your Onkyo and connect from this L&R pre-out to an open L&R input pair on your Plinus M16 preamp (does it have a unity gain input pair?).

Connect TT and CD to the M16. Connect the M16 to the Plinus SA100 for the L&R mains.

Now you can listen to 2channel without turning on the Onkyo at all.

Connect center, surrounds and sub to the Onkyo TX-DS696 receiver.

When attempting to calibrate the speakers for HT you will need to initially adjust volume on the M16 to get the main speaker levels to a 75dB reference level volume for the Onkyo. Record or mark this volume level on the M16 for HT use.

bstan