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In Reply to: Please help an HT Newbe with center channel question posted by BrianC on January 26, 2002 at 17:38:57:
Brian,You have more choices than you are being led to believe. For starters go into your DVD players setup and choose the PCM stereo soundtrack. There is no DVD without a PCM soundtrack as one of the options. It is very rare (although it happens) that the uncompressed PCM stereo sountrack won't be superior to the multichannel DD/DTS.
If you don't like this improvement enough then the next step up could be a nice DAC if your DVD player has a digital out.
If understood and done right the low to mid budget HT will sound much better in stereo (uncompressed PCM). It's simple math. Dividing your budget by two gets you better quality per channel than dividing by 5,6,or even 7. IMOKen
Follow Ups:
Thanks Ken,But it's already too late. I've just ordered an HT amp and preamp on EBay. I bought a Harman Kardon Signature 2.0 preamp, and a Harman Kardon Signature 2.1 power amp, both factory refurbished with manufacturer's warrentees. The preamp was $365 and the amp was $560. Now all I need is a center channel speaker, and I'm getting set on the AR 4C for $150. I'm hoping it'll match up well with my AR 98LSis. So I'll be out a bit over $1,000, but I'll have a lot of options to address my DVD sound quality issue, and I think the quality of the HK components will be decent enough to provide good quality stereo sound.
Thanks for your input,
Brian
Brian,First of all, I really like HK. I have a HK receiver from the early 80's that can still rock the house. The equipment you're getting in particular is also nice looking.
The AR speaker line is well reviewed too so I think you'll be very happy - for awhile anyway :). Still, play around with selecting the PCM track on some DVD's and see how you like it compared to the DD/DTS. You might just like it.
Ken
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