Inline karaoke mixer between TV and receiver

[TLS Guy]

WOW! It worked. Setting the Denon to Pure Direct eliminated the delay. Thank you!
Now I want to know why.

I suspect because it eliminated a layer of digital processing.

 

[jtestement]

Now the only issue I have is that the Miser has to be on all the time to watch TV, there is no passthrough of the optical audio.

Another question on this setup - Can I connect the TVs HDMI/ARC input to the HDMI input of the mixer (to get the TV audio to the mixer)? If the mixer passes through HDMI perhaps I could then connect the mixer to the Denon via HDMI.

 

[TLS Guy]

Now the only issue I have is that the Miser has to be on all the time to watch TV, there is no passthrough of the optical audio.

Another question on this setup - Can I connect the TVs HDMI/ARC input to the HDMI input of the mixer (to get the TV audio to the mixer)? If the mixer passes through HDMI perhaps I could then connect the mixer to the Denon via HDMI.

The anti pirating HDCP codes won't let you do that.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

WOW! It worked. Setting the Denon to Pure Direct eliminated the delay. Thank you!
Now I want to know why.

Because there is no processing in Direct Mode. That’s how we know that Direct mode is truly “Direct”.

And thankfully with Denon/Marantz, you can still have Subwoofer Output even in Direct Mode. No other companies I know of allow Bass Management in Direct Mode.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Here is a thread I started on Karaoke. This is how I do it. I don’t know about other ways.

The only time I have to turn on the Yamaha mixer is for Karaoke. When I watch movies, the mixer stays OFF.

Karaoke

This forum is mainly about home theater and audio. But once in a while we do get Karaoke questions. Karaoke is probably my 2nd favorite hobby behind Home Theater/Audio. So maybe this thread will be helpful to those people looking into Karaoke. :D I use my RBH SVT towers/RBH SA-500DSP/Denon...

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