Connecting my avr to Dayton dsp 408 and 2 amplifiers. (1 Viewer)

[Gg125]

Hi, I’m wanting to hook my Arcam avr390 to Dayton dsp 408 to two amps. Amp 1 is a Parasound hca806, which will have the front l/r, center, and side surrounds. The av64 will have a set of overheads and the rear surrounds.

Does it matter which preamp outs I use on the Arcam receiver?
The Dsp 408 has 4 inputs and 8 outputs. Can I use a y connector for two of the output channels? I also have a Minidsp 2x4 for the two powered subs. I assume rcas would run from the two subwoofer outputs?

I’m sorry for my ignorance. Thanks for your help.

 

[Gg125]

The system will be 7.2.2

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

What is an AV-64?

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[Gg125]

I’m sorry, I left that out. It’s a Carver av64 4 channel amp.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Does it matter which preamp outs I use on the Arcam receiver?

Use the Aracam outputs for the channels you want the 408 to process. You have a nine-channel system, but the 408 will only process 4 channels.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[JohnRice]

I’m at a loss regarding what the goal is here. This is an Atmos capable receiver. It should be capable of any processing, timing and eq needed, without adding a bunch of additional ad>da>ad conversions.

 

[Gg125]

Thank you both. I will send the dsp 408 back.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Since the 408 will only process four channels, you will not be able to process both the front / rear speakers, and the sub. You will have to decide which channels you want the 408 to process. The others get no processing, or you get a second processor for them.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt