SACD vs DVD-Audio

[boa12]

maxg, the bass mgmt issue really come about using big non-thx speakers like klipsch makes in the HT 5.1 domain. when you wire up the sub speaker level you're doing the bass mgmt w/ the sub's crossover control.

trouble when you do that in *.1 channels, almost all receivers & pre/pros send all of the LFE channel to the sub preout when you set sub:yes. hence if you have the cross on &/or set low on the sub it cuts LFE which is speced up to at least 120hz.

mike, even if you could wire the svs speaker level, i think you'd find the LFE doesn't sound as good & dynamic. at least for me, the LFE was much better when it wasn't digitally mixed in to the other channels.

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[willjam]

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Originally posted by boa12:

what happens if you play a 5.0 sacd disk? would imagine it'll send the lows from all channels set small

in your sacdp to the sub. or maybe just from the front

channels? well, anyway whatever sounds good?

so for me sacd or dvd-audio player is the question. think i'll wait for the all in one w/ the new firewire

tech. or better yet a digital connection. tired of buying all those interconnects.

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Don't know about 5.0 disks do not own any yet. I have 2 channel SACDs (woofer works) and 5.1 (woofer works).

I would agree with you about the interconnects. The amount of wires coming from a SACD player is overwhelming and just adds to the jumble of wires I already have. A firewire player might be the answer, but when they appear I might have to consider the upgrade. But after hearing a SACD player, I just said "hang the wires" this is sound that I do not won't to pass up. The player is so good in just play 2 channel mode it hard to describe. The SACD mode is just "icing on the cake". If you want the experience, don't put it off.

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