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Thread: Surround Sound Basic Question |
    
Surround Sound Man Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 10:36 am: |
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1-I would like to upgrasde to Dolby Digital 5:1 surround sound. I have a surround sound receiver Pioneer VSX 509s. It has a 5:1 program selection. I have all the speakers and sub woofer for this. Do I need to buy a Dolby decoder to connect and connect my DVD/CD player the deocder and then connect it to the receiver?
2-If I play non 5:1 encoded dvd's and cd's, will I get a "mock" 5:1 sound or will it just give me a pro logic 1 sound?
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Gold Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 2644
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 11:05 am: |
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1. All you need is a DVD/CD player that can play digital surround and you can connect it directly to your receiver. You do not need an outboard decoder.
2. It will give a matrixed surround or some other surround that your Pioneer is capable of reproducing. |
New member Username: Newatthis2
Post Number: 2
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 03:30 am: |
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1. It sounds like you are ready to go, except for a digital audio cable to carry the digital audio from the DVD/CD player to the receiver, where it will then be decoded and sent to the proper speakers. |
mickey.d Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2005 - 10:07 am: |
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OK...maybe basic question, but I don't have the answer. In hooking up my DVD player to my receiver. Which will give me optimal audio quality?
1) Digital Coaxial connection ...OR
2)5.1CH inputs,,,??? |
Silver Member Username: Dmwiley
Post Number: 124
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2005 - 01:12 pm: |
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Good question and unfortunatetly, the answer depends on the equipment. If your DVD player has better DACs than the digital processors in your receiver use 2. If not, use 1. You may just have to try it to determine which sounds best. |
New member Username: Em69
Post Number: 2
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 08:18 pm: |
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Another dumb question on the same subject...but I'm new to the AV World.
I connected the red, white and yellow cables from my DVD player to my receiver, but I'm not getting surround sound. I'm only getting sound from the front 3 speakers. |
New member Username: Em69
Post Number: 4
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 10:42 pm: |
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I guess it is the digital connection I'm missing eh? |
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