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[connor ross]

Hello hello everyone!

So this is what I'm working with here .. Basement room with concrete walls 2/3rds 12' by 30'.Divided room in half, one for dedicated theater viewing ,streaming ,editing, music listening and gaming. All three windows filled with heavy sound dampening material. 7.1 done to spec of distance x.4 of front 2 way Polk towers. 2 way Polk books ti202 at 90d 2' above ear level, as well as 2 soundstage 2 ways at 150d,with all 4 corners loaded (I know it isn't ideal but..) 1 David 300 12 300w ,1 sound stage 10 200w and 2 Polk PSW 505 s ran off Onkyo TR SX 806. I have ran 90% of wiring through the walls into laundry room with custom rack and internet hub. Ok now I have tried running subs onto other side of room doing bass crawls and it never seemed to work out. I use subwoofer y(s) at the av into 3 ,20ft runs to lfe inputs and 1 prossor y jumping last 6 ' to the 4th sub, except 2 my subs only have line level inputs.
questions


Running cirrus 24/192 DAC in Av receiver able to play lossless'y audio WAV,FLAC,AFLAC ?

Better streaming out there than SPOTIFY for what I am capable ?

Anywhere to stream truehd and master bluerays?

Output 5.1/7.1 truehd/master through powerdvd via blueray torrents without soundcard?

Room acaustics advice with center bar?

Can only decode prologic IIx, would it be acceptable to have front heights anyway ?

Running 4 subs / 2 lfe, 2 line level crossovers?

Opinions on THX ?

DAC direct full meaning on all channel music?

Sending PCM from blueray to av receiver or DOLBY,DTS ( dd cert ps4 games as well)

Up mixing 5.1 bluerays to proligic 2x and neo6?

7.1 return from tv ?(Anny net compatible but not ARC )

HDMI ,SPDIF , COAX when and where to use ?

Thanks guys!!!!




64" Samsung 3d, 7.1 Onkyo av, Polk towers, Polk bookshelfs, Soundstage satelights/center, 4 Powered subs, Roku,Cromecast, Laptop,Wii,DVD/CD,Samung blueray player/hub,Ps4,ShawCablebox,Linkys network,Harmonyelite.

 

[Bucknekked]

Hello hello everyone!

So this is what I'm working with here .. Basement room with concrete walls 2/3rds 12' by 30'.Divided room in half, one for dedicated theater viewing ,streaming ,editing, music listening and gaming. All three windows filled with heavy sound dampening material. 7.1 done to spec of distance x.4 of front 2 way Polk towers. 2 way Polk books ti202 at 90d 2' above ear level, as well as 2 soundstage 2 ways at 150d,with all 4 corners loaded (I know it isn't ideal but..) 1 David 300 12 300w ,1 sound stage 10 200w and 2 Polk PSW 505 s ran off Onkyo TR SX 806. I have ran 90% of wiring through the walls into laundry room with custom rack and internet hub. Ok now I have tried running subs onto other side of room doing bass crawls and it never seemed to work out. I use subwoofer y(s) at the av into 3 ,20ft runs to lfe inputs and 1 prossor y jumping last 6 ' to the 4th sub, except 2 my subs only have line level inputs.
questions


Running cirrus 24/192 DAC in Av receiver able to play lossless'y audio WAV,FLAC,AFLAC ?

Better streaming out there than SPOTIFY for what I am capable ?

Anywhere to stream truehd and master bluerays?

Output 5.1/7.1 truehd/master through powerdvd via blueray torrents without soundcard?

Room acaustics advice with center bar?

Can only decode prologic IIx, would it be acceptable to have front heights anyway ?

Running 4 subs / 2 lfe, 2 line level crossovers?

Opinions on THX ?

DAC direct full meaning on all channel music?

Sending PCM from blueray to av receiver or DOLBY,DTS ( dd cert ps4 games as well)

Up mixing 5.1 bluerays to proligic 2x and neo6?

7.1 return from tv ?(Anny net compatible but not ARC )

HDMI ,SPDIF , COAX when and where to use ?

Thanks guys!!!!




64" Samsung 3d, 7.1 Onkyo av, Polk towers, Polk bookshelfs, Soundstage satelights/center, 4 Powered subs, Roku,Cromecast, Laptop,Wii,DVD/CD,Samung blueray player/hub,Ps4,ShawCablebox,Linkys network,Harmonyelite.

Welcome to AH Connor

That's a heck of a list of "how do you do, my name is Connor" questions. I count 13 questions. It might be nice to prioritize which ones concern you most, or, which ones are giving you issues. An example would be the following :
"Sending PCM from blueray to av receiver or DOLBY,DTS ( dd cert ps4 games as well)"
That's not a problem. You can do any of 3 options. Its an "it depends" answer. I listen to a lot of music from Blu-ray concert DVD's and I take the PCM stereo option. If you like the DTS sound field in your setup, chose that and you are good to go. If Dolby tickles your ears, go with that. In my opinion, that one is a personal preference choice. YMMV

Another : "HDMI ,SPDIF , COAX when and where to use ?"
Again, personal preference and a nod to what you are already used to using. I took the HDMI cable route because my sources all have HDMI and I have a slew of HDMI cables in my kit. I have also at times used the SPDIF. Also, because I had the cables and they reached where I needed to go. I haven't done much coax interconnect because, well, I just haven't needed to. I am of the opinion there isn't a speck of difference to the sound. YMMV and other opinions apply.

Welcome to the forum and have fun. Its a great hobby and there are some great posters here.

 

[connor ross]

Thanks again Buck!! I will keep all of this in mind.

 

[Littlefoott]

Hello hello everyone!
64" Samsung 3d, 7.1 Onkyo av, Polk towers, Polk bookshelfs, Soundstage satelights/center, 4 Powered subs, Roku,Cromecast, Laptop,Wii,DVD/CD,Samung blueray player/hub,Ps4,ShawCablebox,Linkys network,Harmonyelite.

Running cirrus 24/192 DAC in Av receiver able to play lossless'y audio WAV,FLAC,AFLAC ? -yes

Better streaming out there than SPOTIFY for what I am capable ? -yes tidal,

Anywhere to stream truehd and master bluerays? - I don't know

Output 5.1/7.1 truehd/master through powerdvd via blueray torrents without soundcard? - hdmi (depends on computer)

Room acaustics advice with center bar? - bar?

Can only decode prologic IIx, would it be acceptable to have front heights anyway ? - makes a larger soundstage, I like my height speakers

Running 4 subs / 2 lfe, 2 line level crossovers? - fine tune with rew (room eq wizard)

Opinions on THX ? - yawn

DAC direct full meaning on all channel music? - I don't know

Sending PCM from blueray to av receiver or DOLBY,DTS ( dd cert ps4 games as well) - pcm

Up mixing 5.1 bluerays to proligic 2x and neo6? - personal choice of processor effects, but not native to blue ray sound track

7.1 return from tv ?(Anny net compatible but not ARC ) - no (anynet is to remote control other devices)

HDMI ,SPDIF , COAX when and where to use ? - hdmi for any video content with theater sound , optical for 5.1 audio or less (if you must) and coax is for subwoofers

Thanks guys!!!! - your welcome