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Originally Posted by ramgeio
Hi, I've also got a yamaha receiver, the rxv650. This doesn't have any sw boost in the menu. Anyone knows if the boost is default in the yamaha receivers or if there just isn't an option. Then it means I have to adjust volume on the sw whenever I switch from dvd to bd. And thats a pain.
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It's unclear from your receiver's manual whether it applies the boost by default to the subwoofer input on the multi-channel analog input. The manual does say that the receiver's speaker adjustments carry over to the multi-channel inputs as well as the digital inputs so you should definitely set all speakers to large with no delay (in the player) and let the receiver take care of bass management and speaker configuration.
Do you actually have a player yet, or are you still deciding on one? Because the behavior of all the players (subwoofer channel down 10 dB compared to other channels) should be pretty much the same on all players in this regard, and it should be fairly easy to test.
Set all speakers to LARGE in the player and connect its multi-channel output to the multi-channel input on your receiver, then give it a listen with the default settings. If there is a decent amount of bass, then the gain is most likely applied by default as it is in some Onkoy/Integra receivers. If the bass is non-existent then Houston we may have a problem.
BTW, there is a fairly fool-proof way around this but it might not be to your liking. Many powered subwoofers have both line level inputs and speaker level inputs. If you connect the subwoofer to the receiver using its left/right speaker level inputs (with the subwoofer then passing through the rest of the signal to your main front/left speakers with speaker wires), then this -10dB issue becomes moot.
When you hook it up this way, you would select SUBWOOFER: NONE in the Yamaha set up (or it will do this automatically if you do auto-setup) and the receiver will instead route all LFE and low bass information to the main left/right speakers. This means the subwoofer is still getting all the LFE and low bass info, albeit in a slightly different manner, via the speaker wires instead of low line-level signals over an RCA cable. Set up this way, you would also select SUBWOOFER: OFF in the PLAYER set-up menu as well, which will also route all LFE information to the main left/right outputs. This way, you won't suffer from the 10 dB drop since that only affects the line level subwoofer output coming from the player.
Ya get it?
-CB
06-01-2009, 05:34 PM
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