I hope you all go deaf.

Fuck it, pulled a plug on a Sony AV receiver. My blu ray-player’s Sony too, so one less remote if I can’t get the arc HDMI-thing to work. It’s dolby atmos, so I bet I’ll be looking at height speakers in no time at all, because 5.1 just doesn’t cut it. 😂

I’ve got SONOS for music so went with their soundbars and subs. Both sizes of each plus Ones for surround. Really happy with both set ups, tho I’m no audiophile tbf. Plus you can link them all as one system to provide neighbours more reasons to detest you.

Had to endure a Sonos Bose debate once, where I honestly couldn’t given a fuck… brain was melting. The Sonos did sound good tbf.

I’ve got a Yamaha RX-V475 amp/receiver with Cambridge S75 floorstanders as my fronts, a Monitor Audio bronze centre speaker and some old JVC rear satellites. Everything goes through it, all controlled with a Logitech Harmony remote. I have been thinking of changing the amp as it doesn’t have HDR/4K pass through

    First episode of Masters of the Air was very good stuff to test my new amp’s surround sound. Plenty of plane sounds going around. Show is decent too.

      mono-stereo Sony 790. Atmos-sound at a budget. Only issue I found on research was that it can’t handle speakers that go down to 4 ohms. Mine are luckily all 7 six or 8 ohm-speakers. Also because they’re on budget, higher end speakers tend to go to 4 ohms.

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        Has anyone found a home cinema solution where you can feed in an Aux from a mixer to incorporate a DJ setup?

        Im using a standard hifi stereo Denon amp in a 2.1 setup, with a deck into its phono and optical out of the TV. The TV sound is OK, but the amp is more audiophile than setup for dialogue so some film speech gets lost in the effects/music.

        Sonos has a horrendous delay with any aux in, so they are no good. Has anyone heard of a receiver that bypasses all the processing and eliminates delay? I once had a Pioneer receiver that was superb but the dolby/effects processor affected all channels and resulted in an annoying delay that rendered mixing impossible.

        Any ideas?

          Anyone else think IS is slightly over egging the omelette?!

          I finally got the auto calibration working after realizing I had the wrong speaker-selection put in. HUGE difference. The downside of going to real surround sound is now I have issues with only stereo-stuff. For example Mubi is mostly all 2.0, and all of SkyShowtime (which in Finland is the service that has Paramount+, Peacock and Showtime-stuff, plus Sky-originals) is also all stereo only. Another reason to watch stuff on Blu Ray instead, much better sound. 😀

          TitianWarrior yeah, you should consult the manual. Most amps have something like that, where it puts through the input sound as it is with no added effects. In my Sony it is Pure Direct. I use it all the time, when the amp tries to make something surround that isn’t it always sounds a bit shit.

            Thanks. Seems like amps with pure direct are the way forward. Will have a gander which brands have that option.

            Over egging…….well, as I want to have my decks in my lounge as well as my TV all running through one set of speakers and one amp that does both jobs…..I think i’m under egging/full on egg whiting. Otherwise id have more speakers and amps than RicherSounds . Wouldn’t get past Mrs IS