I have gone low-tech in the tv room:
I use a sony a/v switch to change from the squeezebox receiver to the
output from the tv.
The output from the TV goes to an Adcom preamp (for the remote volume)
and into the sub. This was simpler when my sony tv had "variable"
output since the tv was the prea
Personally, I'm real excited about whats going on with amps these days -
as well as the DAC end of things. Its real cheap to play around with
Class T/D amps that really sound good. See if it takes you in the right
direction. It might show your speakers in a different light, and you may
get some ot
I have two systems...one for music, the other for
video/movies--necessary due to home layout and personal preferences.
For TV/movies.
I have our cable TV (hi-def), blu-ray, a Duet, and CD player all
running through an HT receiver---a Pioneer VSX 919 AH-K (which has 3
HDMI inputs and 2 HDMI
Mnyb;583338 Wrote:
> matching DT center and rear channel speakers perhaps ?
>
> Timbre macthing is important the speakers should sound similar for best
> multichannel experience. Dont cheap out on the center it accounts for
> much of the sound in a movie, voices for example .
> Ideally if the sp
If your HDTV has audio output, connect it to your amp -- if compatible.
If not compatible -- like optical output and no optical input on an
older amp -- a new AV receiver is in order.
If your speaker pair is not too widely spaced, I'd skip a center
channel speaker and just use the stereo pair to
matching DT center and rear channel speakers perhaps ?
Timbre macthing is important the speakers should sound similar for best
multichannel experience. Dont cheap out on the center it accounts for
much of the sound in a movie, voices for example .
Ideally if the speaker maker has different series
I think you need a DAC.
[ but I am not sure either ]
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I'm not sure what to do.
I currently have a cheap audio system consisting of a couple of
turntables, a multi-disc CD player, a SB Touch, and an audio amp that
feeds a couple of Definitive Technology floor standing towers that
sound spectacular. Each one has a built-in 400 watt subwoofer.
In the