Beginnings of home theater from headphone setup

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Hello all. I have a headphone listening station setup and wanted to venture into home audio/theater so I purchased a set of Adam Audio T5V's ( and then later another set of Adam Audio T7V's and SVS PB16 Ultra that is now in route ) and SVS SB2000. I connected it directly to my Chord Hugo TT 2 and I have had great results for listening to music but I would like to connect everything to the television and get a true home theater experience. I really would like to be able to do room correction and have been looking into an AV processor but have noticed most are way out of my league as far as price is concerned.

Is there an AV processor / DSP that will allow for multiple inputs and outputs where I wont lose the SQ coming from the Hugo TT2. Maybe a type of passthrough but will still allow for room correction or are you forced to use the DAC in the AV processor when using room correction?

Sorry for the NOOB questions but any and all info would be great fully appreciated.

Thank you in advance
Eric

 

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Hello all. I have a headphone listening station setup and wanted to venture into home audio/theater so I purchased a set of Adam Audio T5V's ( and then later another set of Adam Audio T7V's and SVS PB16 Ultra that is now in route ) and SVS SB2000. I connected it directly to my Chord Hugo TT 2 and I have had great results for listening to music but I would like to connect everything to the television and get a true home theater experience. I really would like to be able to do room correction and have been looking into an AV processor but have noticed most are way out of my league as far as price is concerned.

Is there an AV processor / DSP that will allow for multiple inputs and outputs where I wont lose the SQ coming from the Hugo TT2. Maybe a type of passthrough but will still allow for room correction or are you forced to use the DAC in the AV processor when using room correction?

Sorry for the NOOB questions but any and all info would be great fully appreciated.

Thank you in advance
Eric

Room correction is pretty much only performed in the digital domain, so yes, you will need DAC.

You spend all this $ on speakers and subs, then balk at the cost of a pre-amp? Doesn't make sense.

You likely just want/need a good AVR with multi-channel pre-amp-outs. Denon X3400 is a good choice.

 

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Thank you for your response and info.

Room correction for me will mostly be a toy to play with as I little to play. If I need it is a whole other question, but I'm sure I do since my apartment has bare walls with no sort of treatment and I'm sure that would be a great place to start; room treatment.

It's not that I don't want to spend a lot of money on good audio equipment but I would hate to invest $4,000+ dollars on a processor for home theater when I don't even spend much time in front of the television. Like I mentioned in my original post I mostly listen to music from my headphones, not the television or movies. I only bought the speakers and subs to enjoy my music even more but was thinking that now that I have the speakers I can utilize them for home theater. I didn't think I would get bashed for not wanting to spend an exurbanite about of money to purchase a hardware interface to connect 3 channels via XLR's that is capable of DSP/room correction. I'm sure there was no ill intetion and there was none taken but please understand that money is to be spent on things needed, not just to have it. Also, keep in mind the amount of use the theater setup will get vs music being played.

 

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Room correction is pretty much only performed in the digital domain, so yes, you will need DAC.

You spend all this $ on speakers and subs, then balk at the cost of a pre-amp? Doesn't make sense.

You likely just want/need a good AVR with multi-channel pre-amp-outs. Denon X3400 is a good choice.

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I looked at the Denon X3400 and it appears to have a VERY GOOD assortment of HDMI ports and many other features that many other AVR do not. After looking at many specs to the point of becoming cross eyed due to still learning after my thread about help with HDMI-CEC Home Theater systems would you be so kind as to "Splain" what the Denon X3400 can and cannot do in a nutshell of course?
I was considering as a stepping stone attempt to get started to purchase a used Panasonic SC-BTT195 for $155+$100+ in US$ just to discover watching owners reviewing them and finding out:
Only ONE HDMI PORT
Flimsy poor quality speakers
Questionable APP support as this is 2012 model
No 4K
No HDCP2.2
The Denon X3400H has 7 HDMI in the back and one in front and gobs of other inputs and out.

 

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Thank you for your response and info.

Room correction for me will mostly be a toy to play with as I little to play. If I need it is a whole other question, but I'm sure I do since my apartment has bare walls with no sort of treatment and I'm sure that would be a great place to start; room treatment.

It's not that I don't want to spend a lot of money on good audio equipment but I would hate to invest $4,000+ dollars on a processor for home theater when I don't even spend much time in front of the television. Like I mentioned in my original post I mostly listen to music from my headphones, not the television or movies. I only bought the speakers and subs to enjoy my music even more but was thinking that now that I have the speakers I can utilize them for home theater. I didn't think I would get bashed for not wanting to spend an exurbanite about of money to purchase a hardware interface to connect 3 channels via XLR's that is capable of DSP/room correction. I'm sure there was no ill intetion and there was none taken but please understand that money is to be spent on things needed, not just to have it. Also, keep in mind the amount of use the theater setup will get vs music being played.

If you don't spend a lot of time in front of the TV, an AVR is an unnecessary complication. Dollar for dollar, you will get a much better 2 channel pre amp/amp or integrated.

Room correction capability is nice, but buy the best amp you can. If it has room correction, great. If not, read up on acoustic treatment (it's not only about bass traps and diffractors... normal furnishings can make a difference), buy a spl meter, and set things up the old school way. Room correction software only gets you so far (quite far with 5.x and up home theatre, less so for 2.x). This is why some people first run room correction and then fine-tune to preference manually.