the right cable?

[Al5473]

need your assistance...i have a sony dvd/cd hooked up via HDMI to my plasma. For sound, I bought an Audioquest VDM-1 digital video cable which im running from my dvd/cd player to my receiver. now im trying to perfect sound on a budget mostly for music. is this the correct cable to maximize audio performance?

thanks

 

[Al5473]

ok im going a little haywire here. im new at this and need detail. so that setup is not ideal for music but for dvd's. which by the way sound great. now im using the same component to play cd's. my main focus is music. what cable do i need or what compnonet settings do i have to make to maiximize my music.

thanks

 

[Al5473]

thanks for your patience and assistance billyP. so, i also need to add a didgital coax (2 cables red & white) that run from my dvd/cd to the receiver right? now you mentioned that i have to tell the avr what the cables are for cd's.. how do i do that?

 

[billy p]

You either need rca or coax but not both.Also when you watch dvd's do you use you avr and sound comes from speakers?

 

[Al5473]

so far i have a pair of Monitor Audio GR10's. dvd's sound great just from those 2 bookshelfs. cd's just doesn't seem to sound right for some reason.

still doing my homework for the right sub

thanks

 

[billy p]

My set-up is as follows dvd player to tv with dvi(video signal) and fibre optic cable for(audio).AVR is now set in dvd in fibre optic.Then my cd player is set to coax but in coax1.Then my digital cable box is set up with video comp cables (green,blue,red cable) into AVR then another comp cable to tv and coax into AVR for sound and input set to coax 2.Point is you must label or direct you toys to proper setting.

 

[Al5473]

can i label and direct the components using the avr manual?

what menu do i do that through?

thanks

 

[billy p]

On the avr is there a set up button.this will direct you how new is this AVR or better question how long have you had it.

 

[Al5473]

avr - Pioneer vsx-1015tx. not sure about the setup button. will look for it.
i play dvd's and cd's though my gr10's. its the setup and correct cables thats my issue

 

[billy p]

I think your problem is because you used the hdmi cable from dvd to tv. hdmi had to be used back to your avr and thus the sound issue for cd just connect some rca cables(red&white plugs)from dvd to avr inputs on the back of your amp they to will be red and white then switch amp source to dvd and hopfully this will be it sound should improve for music?
ALL I CAN SAY ITS MOSTLY TRIAL AND ERROR IT HOW WE ALL LEARNED GOOD LUCK

 

[billy p]

need your assistance...i have a sony dvd/cd hooked up via HDMI to my plasma. For sound, I bought an Audioquest VDM-1 digital video cable which im running from my dvd/cd player to my receiver. now im trying to perfect sound on a budget mostly for music. is this the correct cable to maximize audio performance?

thanks

Did some checking and the audioquest cable you are using may in fact work but you must assign the proper input on the AVR(amp) to the incoming signal from your dvd! ie: set it to dvd in coax or if you are going to using a fiber optic cable then tell AVR(amp) in fiber optic.

 

[jonnythan]

The Audioquest VDM-1 is the cable you want for digital audio. It should connect to the Digital Coax out on your DVD player and the Digital Coax in on your receiver.

 

[Al5473]

i appreciate you guys spelling it out for me. i did find the setup button and and was messing with it using the avr manual. Wow...so many options on the avr.

Dvd's sound great.

now my priority is Music what settings would you recommend for music? i only have a pair of MA gr10's so far.

thanks