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TimNielsen

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    Denon X6200W
    Klipsch RP-280F (L/R)
    Klipsch RP-450C (C)
    Pinnacle SFIT 350 (Lss, Rss, Lsr, Rsr)
    Pinnacle Baby Boomer (LFE)

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  1. Thanks, I did keep it, and it has improved for sure. A bit of custom EQ through the Denon and a bit of changing the default crossover points as well have helped, and overall I'm pretty happy with it.
  2. Yes and the key is, because the file is being uncompressed with zero data loss, there CAN BE NO DIFFERENCE in sound quality. The unompressed FLAC will appear 100% identical to the wav file in every single way. You could not tell the difference.
  3. There is no compression in a FLAC file, it will play 100% identical to the wave or aiff file it was created from. The MP3 could have some compression done to it when bein made, but not typically. The MP3 should certainly sound 'worse' but not louder.
  4. I do work in the industry and was one of the sound effects editors on Fellowship and did some of the sound design, cut all of the backgrounds. I'll write a bit more in a bit but you're right in that hearing the DVD and BluRay would sound different and I can explain that, but strangely the BluRay is most certainly closer to the original track we created. The DVD mix is often noticeably different. For instance the dialog track would almost always be louder than the fx and music on the DVD and Streaming (both would be using the Dolby Digital Home Theater mix. I'm not sure why you'd hear the LFE as stronger though.
  5. The DVD 'Home Theater' mix is always always compressed somewhat. The BluRay may or may not be. The BluRay has the ability to hold a fully uncompressed mix, the exact same mix that the theatrical DCP uses. But there is often also a home theater mix done for BluRay, so it's not always possible to know, did they put just the theatrical mix on the BluRay, as someone notes Paramount did, or did they do a custom home theater 7.1 mix for BluRay. If they did, it would most likely be slightly compressed, with a boost in the dialog of around 2dB just for sake of clarity. I have not heard of studios rolling off BluRay mixes below 25Hz, although to be honest, very little of the bass we typically work with in movies goes that low anyway. I find it hilarious that people are saying the bass in Jurassic is completely underwhelming. You must normally be listening purely to Michael Bay movies with your subwoofer at around +20. Jurassic has wondering low end, if you had ever seen it in a theater you'd know that. People so quickly become 'sub junkies' and 'surround junkies' and since they've invested in all these speakers, and us to constantly 'use' them. I'm always amused that most BluRay audio reviews give marks purely on how much crap is in the surrounds, or how much rumble they can generate. Low end is impossible to calculate from room to room, subwoofer to subwoofer. It's impossible to tame, and sounds drastically different in every setup.
  6. When the home theater is made, they are almost always turned up and volume, and have the dynamics compressed. Often these days the BluRay simply takes the 7.1 full uncompressed mix and that is used as the TrueHD or MasterHD track on a BluRay. So yes, the 5.1 DD mix will sound 'different'. The BluRay should actually be more accurate and match what was heard in the theater more though.
  7. I think I might have had the exact TV you did, at least my own was a five year old 55" Sony. Today I picked up a 65" KS800D UHD Samsung from Costo, and what an upgrade. Colors, black levels, all major improvements. I would have loved a new LG OLED, but not for 6k. This was about 2 grand and well worth it. Beautiful TV!
  8. Thanks. May have to send this back and try another one I guess...
  9. Guess we're in an all out 'center channel war' now Let me say that for sake of argument, when I say it's 'lacking' I'm not just saying, I think it could b deeper, I'm saying my particular model is wrong, something somewhere can't be right, because I'm not getting low end anywhere NEAR it's spec. This 450C replaces a Pinnacle 350 center channel, and that one definitely sounded much more robust, deeper, and rounded than the Klipsch, despite being 1/4th the size with 4" woofers. So something else has to be going on. Also, recommending the RC-II, it has the exact same specs as the 450C, so it obviously won't solve the problem if it is indeed just how the speaker sounds, they both go down to 58/59 on specs, which is basically the same. So yeah it might sound 'better' but it's not going to sound 'deeper'. Again, I'm not hearing anything below about 200-250Hz would be my guess, so something else entirely is going on here... I appreciate all the responses. I hook up the new Denon 6200W tonight and hoping for a miracle that something in my old setup was just causing this...
  10. Thanks, yeah, but with the crossover set at 40Hz, not much would be in the sub. We played it more as a 'realistic' explosion, and not a Hollywood one, so the low end would be much more in the 50-80Hz range than the 20-50 even. So that's what I mean when I say it's missing, the thing sounded more like an air poof than an explosion.
  11. Thanks all. Yeah, if it was just a tweeter, I'd think it would sound like an old AM radio. It's not THAT bad. But it's not nearly going down to 50Hz. I played the opening of There Will be Blood, which has a big explosion in the center channel (that I even cut the sound design for so I know the sound. And when that thing hits, there is nothing there in the low end. Tried to set my crossover point from 40 to 60Hz, no matter. So yeah, feels like something is wrong with this speaker I basically disabled all Audyssey stuff on my receiver just to turn off anything I thought might be affecting the signal. I'll try the new receiver anyway, just out of curiosity. But yeah I do suspect it's a faulty speaker.
  12. Hi all, I'm new to the forum, looking for some advice. I recently bought some RP-280F left right and a RP-450C center channel. The left and right sound ok (well a bit harsh but at least full range). But I'm really struggling with the sound of the center channel. It's replacing a pinnacle 350 and I really thought it would sound better. But it sounds bad, very thin, just no richness in any male voice. I've tried crossover set to 40 or 60, no matter. I'm hoping I just have something set wrong. But I'm guessing I'm not hearing anything under 200 or so Hz, just not there. Wondering if something might be wrong. i have a new receiver coming tomorrow (denon 6200) and will run all the audyssey stuff and give it a chance. But I'm curious if the center channel should sound massively thinner than the 280s do? Could there be something wrong with the speaker? It just sounds unpleasantly thin on all dialog I've played so far on it. Seems like 58hz would be plenty but I'm just not hearing it go nearly that far down. Tim
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