Deepak Saxena
Auditioning
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- Sep 26, 1999
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I just put together my Ht system consisisting of an H/K AVR320 receiver Paradimg Atoms for fronts, cc-170 for the cetner, adp-70 for rear, and and a pdr-10 as my sub. The sound is awesome, but there a couple of things that are bugging me that I'm hopeing I can get some pointers from here. Other components include a Toshiba 5109 DVD player and a Toshiba 40" widescreen RPTV (Don't remember the exact model number, I've had it for ~ three years now).
1) Extreme difference in volume levels between TV and DVDs. Maybe this is a common thing due to the different dynamic ranges on DVDs and cable TV, but when watching TV, I keep the receiver between -5 and +5dB depending on the channel. When watching a DVD, anything above -18 dB is extremely loud and depending on the DVD I'm watching, I sometimes have to go down to -25dB. Is this normal? Is cable material just extremly low in it's dynamic range or is something configure incorrectly? I have the line out from the TV going straight into the receiver. It's just annoying b/c if I forget to turn the volume down before switching to the DVD input, it's a bit on the loud side.
2) Speaker hiss. If I turn the volume up high enough (-10db +), I hear obvious hiss out of the speakers. Even at lower volumes, I can tell it's there if I stick my head next to the speaker, but it's not noticeable from my seating position. The problem is that since I'm watching TV @ -5db to +5db, it's very noticeable and annoying while watching TV. Due to the placement of the my component rack (45 degree angle on the front right corner), all my cables are basically in a big mess right behind it. I can work on cleaning things up a bit by moving component cable aside and trying to tie them together, but not sure if that's where the problem is. Speaker cable is Monster XP and I'm using a belkin power strip with everything (TV, DVD, VCR, AVR) but the sub plugged into it. Sub is plugged directly into the wall (bad I know...will change as soon as I get a bigger wall wart). I know there can be many many reasons for speaker hiss, just trying to figure out what. As a note, when watching TV, it's most noticeable from the surround speakers.
Thanks,
~Deepak
1) Extreme difference in volume levels between TV and DVDs. Maybe this is a common thing due to the different dynamic ranges on DVDs and cable TV, but when watching TV, I keep the receiver between -5 and +5dB depending on the channel. When watching a DVD, anything above -18 dB is extremely loud and depending on the DVD I'm watching, I sometimes have to go down to -25dB. Is this normal? Is cable material just extremly low in it's dynamic range or is something configure incorrectly? I have the line out from the TV going straight into the receiver. It's just annoying b/c if I forget to turn the volume down before switching to the DVD input, it's a bit on the loud side.
2) Speaker hiss. If I turn the volume up high enough (-10db +), I hear obvious hiss out of the speakers. Even at lower volumes, I can tell it's there if I stick my head next to the speaker, but it's not noticeable from my seating position. The problem is that since I'm watching TV @ -5db to +5db, it's very noticeable and annoying while watching TV. Due to the placement of the my component rack (45 degree angle on the front right corner), all my cables are basically in a big mess right behind it. I can work on cleaning things up a bit by moving component cable aside and trying to tie them together, but not sure if that's where the problem is. Speaker cable is Monster XP and I'm using a belkin power strip with everything (TV, DVD, VCR, AVR) but the sub plugged into it. Sub is plugged directly into the wall (bad I know...will change as soon as I get a bigger wall wart). I know there can be many many reasons for speaker hiss, just trying to figure out what. As a note, when watching TV, it's most noticeable from the surround speakers.
Thanks,
~Deepak