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RE: Depends.

Posted by Ken J. (A) on March 11, 2010 at 20:40:38

In Reply to: Depends. posted by Kal Rubinson on March 11, 2010 at 18:34:26:

Hi Kal,

Thanks for your response. My needs for bass management, speaker distance, speaker levels, etc. are pretty simple, and seem to be easily handled by the Oppo. I only have front speakers and surround speakers, all large enough to handle full range signals--especially the front speakers (B&W 801 Matrix with North Creek crossovers), which actually go lower than the subwoofer I used to own.

Thus, I have used the Oppo's setup menu to set fronts and surrounds to large, sub to none, center to none, and rear surrounds (for 7.1 setups) to none, and have set speaker distance to 10 ft for the fronts and 6 ft for the surrounds. Levels were surprisingly close without adjustment, as measured with my Radio Shack SPL meter, but the Oppo allows for level adjustments in 0.5 dB steps if needed.

As far as I'm concerned, this sounds great through the Anthem AVM 20's 5.1-channel inputs, which I have currently configured to "Anlg-Dir" (or analog direct pass-through). I also have the option of re-digitizing the signals if I want to use the Anthem's DSP capabilities, but I haven't tried that yet, reasoning that the extra A-to-D and D-to-A conversion isn't likely to make the signal sound any better.

However, if I run into any issues with the video lagging behind the audio, I may have to use the Anthem's "Anlg-DSP" setting, which would redigitize the signal and allow me to apply the Audio Group Delay feature. With any luck, though, that won't be necessary.

So, assuming I'll be able to use the Oppo/Anthem as currently configured, do you think there would be any compromise to the audio by using the Oppo's only HDMI out to the TV (for video only)?

Thanks again,
Ken

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