MFormato Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I know there are 1000's of variables in any home theater equation, but I'll throw this out there and maybe someone can help. The "beginner" setup Pioneer Elite VSX-92TXH RF-82 Fronts, bi-amped. 10x20 Room The only input into my reciever is a Comcast HD box. (Is the compressed signal to blame) How loud should I be able to turn up the reciever so that it's too loud to be in that room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Try taking things out of the equation and then add them back later. Have you tried not bi-amped and just stereo for starters? Verify everything is correctly hooked up to the Pioneer elite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixDweller Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 My satellite receiver is really bad for that. High def channels and PVR recordings seem muted about 10dB. Standard def is louder but still iffy. Different channels broadcast at slightly different levels too. If you hook up a CD or DVD player you will notice a difference in sound output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 My satellite receiver is really bad for that. High def channels and PVR recordings seem muted about 10dB. Standard def is louder but still iffy. Different channels broadcast at slightly different levels too. If you hook up a CD or DVD player you will notice a difference in sound output. What he said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I always hated watching HD channels because I always found myself having to turn the volume way up over SD channels. I used to have a Sony receiver with a built-in spectrum analyzer and many HD channels would barely register any signal on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srobak Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Same here... comcast does not unify their volume levels at all between channels, and the audio out level seems pretty low overall. If you can up your input gain just for your video source, try that. Some receivers will let you do it. Also make sure you aren't running in any surround modes without all the speakers turned on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 How loud did you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFormato Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Loud enough that I could turn up the volume to a point that being in the same room would be painful. I am going to run an IPod and a CD player to the reciever tonight and see if there is a noticable difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Painfull usually means distortion, perhaps your system is clean. I have found that I can crank my system when listening with older folks and they don't scream "turn it down dag nab it!!" cause it is not all distorted. I remember listening to a pair of Quads powered by macs listening to an LP and thinking they sound nice but can they get loud, they got louder, but not the way I was used too. It was actually nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFormato Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Thanks....guess I set my expectations based on the salesperson telling me that I could scare the neighbors with the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. RF62 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Thats why I went with Pro Audio for the scaring the neighbours concept. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 that's a sign of a good party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckasaaron Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Don't bother with the iPod running a volume in which you will be happy with. Anything that is running out of a line out will not have as much volume as you might desire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest srobak Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 would you prefer he yell into the inputs? Anyhow - to a point - he is right. Use a cd player or dvd deck, and use the LINE OUTs from it into your amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 The Line Out from a iPod is a bit less voltage than most components. Couple that to the grittiness of anything recorded at lesser bit rates and you have less-than-stellar performance. Use a CD or DVD player for true system analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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