RP-91, Denon 5700 and bass with DVD audio (1 Viewer)

[Brian Corr]

So I am sitting here watching tv and it hits me...
What would happen if I plugged the sub's RCA directly into the DVD player, completely bypassing the Denon.
Holy Cow Batman, we have bass when listening to DVD audio in 5.1.
I have the M&K 5000 and normally have it set to THX mode.
I am still playing with it but the output on the DVD player is most definitely outputing bass when listening to DVD audio. I just did this 5 minutes ago so I am not sure about what is happening or how to make it sound better.
Still need to play with crossover of the sub to get it to blend better. The only 2 DVD audio disc's I have are Metallica and STP which aren't the best discs for testing bass.
Thought some of you guys would want to try this and post your results/thoughts.

 

[Darryl_B]

Brian,
Are those DVD-Audio Discs recorded in 5.0 or 5.1?
If they are 5.1, then I would think you should get bass even if you had the sub going through the Denon.

 

[Brian Corr]

They are 5.1 and you do not get bass when going through the denon with the external inputs for DVD-audio.

 

[John Kotches]

Getting the LFE output from a disc with a .1 track tells you nothing about the RP-91s lack of ability to do bass management for DVD-A discs.
Regards,
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John Kotches
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