Surround vs All Speaker (RX-V663)

[Trebdp83]

You can still do the pcm input and get use of the sub if desired, tho?

Yes, but not in pure direct or direct mode if it is a two channel signal.

 

[lovinthehd]

Yes, but not in pure direct or direct mode if it is a two channel signal.

What do they call that mode?

 

[Trebdp83]

What some can do if they don’t think atmos is any good on a disc is set the player to PCM. This will keep the 7.1 discreet channel output but lose the atmos metadata. With it in PCM, one can select Dolby Surround or DTS Neural:X on newer models and see if they prefer it.

 

[Trebdp83]

What do they call that mode?

That would be Stereo mode and can be applied to multichannel tracks on most if not all newer makes.

 

[Trebdp83]

Sorry, forgot Straight mode. It will deliver a stereo signal with use of sub for two channel signals and multichannel playback of multichannel signals. Yamaha has more sound modes than you can count on both hands.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Fukkin yamahas…..

 

[Teetertotter?]

The BIG issue is, if people would read their manuals, they will find a wealth of information as to what does what and HOW........ Also, if they read their manual, they might want to experiment with settings that they did not know existed. But, I will help someone if they have not read.

The thing I like about Denon is, it remembers what sound to transmit coming from the Directv HD receiver. I select the AVR to music the channels, it comes out in multichannel. Other program channels are DD. Listening to classical music in multi channel, is music to my ears. Again, nice that the Denon recognizes, and auto switches to my pre-selected sound modes, for HD DD or music channels

 

[lovinthehd]

The BIG issue is, if people would read their manuals, they will find a wealth of information as to what does what and HOW........ Also, if they read their manual, they might want to experiment with settings that they did not know existed. But, I will help someone if they have not read.

The thing I like about Denon is, it remembers what sound to transmit coming from the Directv HD receiver. I select the AVR to music the channels, it comes out in multichannel. Other program channels are DD. Listening to classical music in multi channel, is music to my ears. Again, nice that the Denon recognizes, and auto switches to my pre-selected sound modes, for HD DD or music channels

Guys reading manuals? What, they're supposed to ask for directions, too? So many posts here are answered by a look at the manual....and I do somewhat understand that they're a bit daunting sometimes to get all the way thru.....