Recent content by Old Dog

I have just been experimenting with height speakers, so no expert either! All I will say is, in a perfect world, dedicated cinema room / starting from scratch, anything is possible and getting close to perfection is highly likely / probable. In many situations however, that luxury does not exist...

Mono amps for each of the fronts, avr driving the rears. That is what I of course do. The initial issue was the movie automatically plays the 7.1 version. It is the only disc I have that has two DTS HD Master soundtracks 5.1 and 7.1. If discs have two English soundtracks they are DTHD and DTS...

There are a couple of DTS HD Master versions (5.1 (soundtrack 2), and 7.1 (soundtrack 1)) on my copy. The disc automatically plays the 7.1 version, but I don’t have a 7.1 speaker set up (I don’t actually have a 5.1 either - don’t use a sub just for the record) and I find there is a distinct...

Let me start by saying I know / understand little about hooking up computers to home cinema. I only get 6.5mb download speeds, so there is little or no point in trying to stream films or music come to that, for me. I am an old school traditionalist, I have a tv that receives conventional tv...

You mention about the receiver not handling 4K, but that may not be a problem….. My previous Marantz receiver did not pass 4K either. My blu-ray player however had dual HDMI outputs, I used one output to send the 4K picture to the TV, the other to send the sound to the receiver. Another option...

Rooms like this always make me smile........ and turn green with envy :D Nice one!

Just took a quick look at the 665 manual, you already have pre-outs on that receiver. Yamaha is pretty good kit and I am not sure you would be gaining much by changing it at this stage (others may have a different opinion). I helped a friend with a RX-V473 around a year or so ago, it actually...

I wondered about that too - I felt it was a bit strange to be honest. Couldn't really see why the 2800 would have (some?) better quality components that the 970. It would be interesting to see inside! I have had receivers with Audyssey Multi EQ XT and XT32. I do find XT32 to be the better of the...

I have both a Panasonic player and tv. I have never tried connecting a usb device to the player, but I have one connected to the tv permanently. Looking at the USB details, both tv and player connections are rated the same: 5v 900ma. I use a 2TB Seagate Expansion+ Portable Drive with the tv and...

I don't have either of these, so not an expert on either model (but I do have a Denon AVR and am very happy with it). Searching a little I found a comparison list indicating the 2800 has advantages over the 970, the 970 doesn't appear to have any advantages over the 2800 (assuming the list is of...

I have been into HT for relatively little time, compared to most here, but also had the same curiosity for a good many years (including during my much longer involvement in HiFi). John's comments are really "on the ball", but perhaps I can just give some real world info that I have just...

Indeed. No substitute for having generous power on tap! Something we all learn (have learned) over time. With regard to the original and some other posts, I thought a recent exerience may help with some understanding: I recently purchased an old(ish) Yamaha Professional amp to drive my Yamaha...

Very much a journey! A most fascinating and enjoyable one too. And still learning! :biggrin:

Good news, the probes arrived and the bias was found to be quite a way out on both channels: 7.9 mV (L) and 4.9 mV (R). Bias was adjusted and set at the recommended 15mV after 30 minutes. I also checked for DC voltage at the speaker terminals and both channels read around 0.5 mV. Re-checked a...

Just to give an update. Unfortunately a noise reappeared through the centre. Not convinced it sounds exactly the same as before, but certainly noticable from a distance, doesn't change with volume, and unfortunately intermittant. The amp was removed from the HT system, switched into stereo mode...