How many of you use DSP modes of your AVR?

[3db]

I have ever only used the sports mode while watching hockey games and it really does a good job simulating the background din of an arena filled with people.

Now that I have Netflix and watch a lot of B-rated movies that only have stereo soundtracks, I find myself using more of the DSP modes.

 

[Rickster71]

In a spare room I have a Yamaha RXV-1 set up.
Some weekends well watch a concert on Bluray.
It's fun to mess around with different settings and the built in venues.

 

[fuzz092888]

I use them a lot to get sound to my rear surrounds and height speakers. I've always enjoyed them and thought that they do s good job of adding meaningful sound.

 

[Pyrrho]

I am more of a purist. I listen to everything decoded as is. I have played with DSP modes, and sometimes, they can be pleasant. But they also sometimes get things quite wrong. For example, I remember an old Sony decoder I had that when I put on its "mono movie" mode, during the music of the opening credits, I thought it seemed like it was a really interesting and possibly very good effect, putting music all around me. But then the dialog came, and it moved that about as well. That was the last time I used "mono movie" with that processor. On the newer Yamaha receivers I have tried, their "mono movie" mode has been much more subtle, which makes the music in a mono movie less immersive, but does not mess up the dialog as much. But I still do not like what it does with the dialog, and so I don't use that either. With other modes that I have tried, it is a similar sort of result. I may kind of like it for a while, but it seems to invariably mess something up, and then I really don't like it. So for me, I play everything decoded as is.

Of course, people should use whatever modes they like. I like everything as is, others may play their systems differently.

 

[GO-NAD!]

I have ever only used the sports mode while watching hockey games and it really does a good job simulating the background din of an arena filled with people.

Now that I have Netflix and watch a lot of B-rated movies that only have stereo soundtracks, I find myself using more of the DSP modes.

That's exactly what I do. I don't think I've bothered using any DSP for other content.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I don't use any DSP modes like MCH Stereo, Hall, Stadium, THX, etc. Not even Dolby Pro Logic II or DTS matrix surround sound.

For 2Ch, I use only Stereo + Audyssey Bypass L/R + DEQ.

For 5Ch, I use only discrete DD, DTS, TrueHD, DTS-HD + Audyssey Bypass L/R + DEQ.

No fake matrix surround simulation for me. If it's recorded as 2CH, I play 2CH. If it's recorded as discrete 5CH, I play discrete 5CH.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I have ever only used the sports mode while watching hockey games and it really does a good job simulating the background din of an arena filled with people.

Now that I have Netflix and watch a lot of B-rated movies that only have stereo soundtracks, I find myself using more of the DSP modes.

And how is that any different than other people preferring to use MCH Stereo DSP mode?

You prefer certain DSP modes, and other people prefer certain DSP modes.

 

[3db]

And how is that any different than other people preferring to use MCH Stereo DSP mode?

You prefer certain DSP modes, and other people prefer certain DSP modes.

I'm not sure what you are asking?

 

[panteragstk]

I use dolby pro logic IIx when watching streaming content that is stereo and some of the game modes with playing video games. Pretty much it.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I am more of a purist. I listen to everything decoded as is.

I guess you and I are the "purists" when it comes to DSP.

I have tried all DSP modes, including THX modes. But in the end, I am all for discrete sound only.

 

[Hobbit]

I have ever only used the sports mode while watching hockey games and it really does a good job simulating the background din of an arena filled with people.

Now that I have Netflix and watch a lot of B-rated movies that only have stereo soundtracks, I find myself using more of the DSP modes.

I seem to use the PLII music mode when I'm having a get together and want the music to have more ambiance throughout the room (and house). Or like you, when a non Dolby mode is being streamed. Other than that I use straight decode, with Audysess.

 

[3db]

I guess you and I are the "purists" when it comes to DSP.

I have tried all DSP modes, including THX modes. But in the end, I am all for discrete sound only.

That's because Yamaha does a much better job with its DSP modes

 

[j_garcia]

No DSP for me. Yamaha doesn't create most of those DSP modes, they just use them

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

That's because Yamaha does a much better job with its DSP modes

Keep dreaming, man.

The only things Yamaha does better are the stereo mixers for karaoke.

 

[metalmancpa]

I was playing with DSP's last night for the first time on my Yamaha RX-A3020. They're novel, and can create a mood IF I'm in the mood. But for the most part I don't bother with DSP.

 

[3db]

Keep dreaming, man.

The only things Yamaha does better are the stereo mixers for karaoke.

I'm not....many a HT rags said that Yamha's implementation of its DSP were much better than everyone else including.....wait for it ...


DENON!!!


That being said... I only select a certain few. I can't stand listening to 2 channel soundtracks on movies anymore unless its a concert. It just sounds so 2 dimensional

 

[Pyrrho]

I guess you and I are the "purists" when it comes to DSP.

I have tried all DSP modes, including THX modes. But in the end, I am all for discrete sound only.

There is a difference between us: I use DPL if the source is DPL encoded, and also for mono movies that are put on a disc as if they were stereo, as the processor then directs the sound all to the center where it belongs with a mono movie. For CDs and other 2 channel stereo content, I play them as 2 channels (or 2.2 [or 2.1 in the past]; bass management isn't the same sort of thing at all as moving sounds to different places, as deep bass is not directional).

DPL, when decoding a DPL encoded soundtrack, is directing the sound where it was intended to go. That differs from other DSP modes*, which put sounds where they were not intended to go (which explains why they often lead to something not sounding right). Fortunately, most things are now not put on discs as a DPL encoded soundtrack, so I do not use it that often. But back in the days of analog TV with 2 channel sound, it was the way most movies were broadcast and I used it quite frequently then.

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*Originally, DPL was not a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) mode, because it was not digitally decoded (nor digitally encoded), though the new processors decode it digitally as it can be done more accurately that way.

 

[Pyrrho]

That's because Yamaha does a much better job with its DSP modes

I have used Yamaha surround receivers for many years now, and I don't like the DSP modes generally. Some of us don't like sound redirected to places it was not intended to go. But, if you do, you should use whatever mode you like.

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

I play a source in its intended 2 or 5.1/7.1 CH mode. Only play 7 CH stereo DSP for mood music like at a Christmas party...etc.

 

[3db]

There is a difference between us: I use DPL if the source is DPL encoded, and also for mono movies that are put on a disc as if they were stereo, as the processor then directs the sound all to the center where it belongs with a mono movie. For CDs and other 2 channel stereo content, I play them as 2 channels (or 2.2 [or 2.1 in the past]; bass management isn't the same sort of thing at all as moving sounds to different places, as deep bass is not directional).

DPL, when decoding a DPL encoded soundtrack, is directing the sound where it was intended to go. That differs from other DSP modes*, which put sounds where they were not intended to go (which explains why they often lead to something not sounding right). Fortunately, most things are now not put on discs as a DPL encoded soundtrack, so I do not use it that often. But back in the days of analog TV with 2 channel sound, it was the way most movies were broadcast and I used it quite frequently then.

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*Originally, DPL was not a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) mode, because it was not digitally decoded (nor digitally encoded), though the new processors decode it digitally as it can be done more accurately that way.

Good luck getting info that the soundtrack is encoded with DPL out of netflix or snagtv. I haven't seen that to date. I would like to so that I could use DPL.