I'm getting ready to set up a surround-sound system for watching my DVDs
and Blu-rays, for the first time. According to the receiver manual the
normal procedure is hook up the front speakers from the "A" terminal on
the receiver, then hook up the rear speakers using the "surround-sound" >terminals on the receiver.
However since I don't particularly want to listen to my CDs and LPs in >surround-sound, I was wondering if it would hurt anything to run another
set of wires from the "B" terminals on the receiver to the same front >speakers, then activate that using the "B" speakers button on the front
of the receiver. Of course you wouldn't want to have the "A" and "B"
buttons activated at the same time.
I've never tried to run two sets of wires to the same speaker(s) before
and thought I'd check in here before I experimented and screwed up
something bigtime.
I suppose I could always diminish the sound to the rear speakers using
the "A" setup while listening to CDs and LPs using the "+" and "-"
controls on the front of the receiver but this seems like it would be a
big hassle since (according to the manual anyway) you have to kind of
work at it to strike the perfect balance between the front and rear
speakers for the surround-sound effect.
Hope I explained myself clearly and TIA.
I'm getting ready to set up a surround-sound system for watching my DVDs
and Blu-rays, for the first time. According to the receiver manual the
normal procedure is hook up the front speakers from the "A" terminal on
the receiver, then hook up the rear speakers using the "surround-sound" terminals on the receiver.
However since I don't particularly want to listen to my CDs and LPs in surround-sound, I was wondering if it would hurt anything to run another
set of wires from the "B" terminals on the receiver to the same front speakers, then activate that using the "B" speakers button on the front
of the receiver. Of course you wouldn't want to have the "A" and "B"
buttons activated at the same time.
I've never tried to run two sets of wires to the same speaker(s) before
and thought I'd check in here before I experimented and screwed up
something bigtime.
I suppose I could always diminish the sound to the rear speakers using
the "A" setup while listening to CDs and LPs using the "+" and "-"
controls on the front of the receiver but this seems like it would be a
big hassle since (according to the manual anyway) you have to kind of
work at it to strike the perfect balance between the front and rear
speakers for the surround-sound effect.
Hope I explained myself clearly and TIA.
Why would you expect the CD and phono inputs would be decoded into surround? I think you are trying to solve a problem that does not exist.
However since I don't particularly want to listen to my CDs and LPs in >surround-sound, I was wondering if it would hurt anything to run another
set of wires from the "B" terminals on the receiver to the same front >speakers, then activate that using the "B" speakers button on the front
of the receiver. Of course you wouldn't want to have the "A" and "B"
buttons activated at the same time.
In article <t8602b$db7$1@panix2.panix.com>,
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
However since I don't particularly want to listen to my CDs and LPs in
surround-sound, I was wondering if it would hurt anything to run another
set of wires from the "B" terminals on the receiver to the same front
speakers, then activate that using the "B" speakers button on the front
of the receiver. Of course you wouldn't want to have the "A" and "B"
buttons activated at the same time.
Why would you expect the CD and phono inputs would be decoded into surround? >> I think you are trying to solve a problem that does not exist.
--scott
I didn't expect them to be reproduced in true surround, I just wanted
listen to them only from the front speakers.
I have two other complete (non-surround) stereo systems in my home so I
guess I'll just listen to my CDs and LPs on them.
Or maybe I can just use the "+" and "-" center and rear level controls
in the front of the surround-sound receiver, it would be helpful if
there was some kind of graphic indicator for those on the front but it's
just the four buttons. Then you're supposed to run some test with a
sequence of beeps coming from each of the four speakers to get the
optimum balance from the front and rear.
BTW this receiver I'm using isn't even a more modern "5.1" surround
type, it's an old "Dolby Surround Pro-Logic" from early in the century.
I have HDMI running from the Blu-ray player to the TV but for the TV's
audio out to the receiver I use the old RCA jacks (the only kind the
receiver will accept).
super70s <supe...@super70s.invalid> wrote:__________
I've never used a true surround sound receiver until now (it's still in >transit) and I assumed (wrongly I guess) all four speakers would be >activated even when using the CD or phono modes.No. When it is going through the surround decoder, it will route the appropriate dematrixed signals to the center and surround channel. The dialogue will be in the center, the ambient rear sounds will be in the surround just the way it was mixed.
I was just interested in hearing CDs and LPs from the front speakersI am not sure what you mean by this. Those recordings are not recorded in surround. If you were to run them through a surround decoder the effect
only with a surround set up, the way I've been listening to music for 50 >years.
would be unpredictable with the stereo image constantly moving around.
With my previous straight stereo receiver I just had the front speakers >hooked up to "A" and the rear speakers hooked up to "B" and I could turn >the rear speakers on and off when watching video or listening to CDs >accordingly.That would give you the same signals in the front and rear, and no surround effects of any sort. No center channel either, which is really annoying if you aren't sitting on the center line of the room.
--scott
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