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Re: Thoughts on a possible REL upgrade.
The subwoofer for the center channel doesn't have to be placed beneath the center speaker. It could be placed anywhere in the room using a high level connection, even behind the main listening spot, to be able to produce the full range of sound that's put in a movie soundtrack just for that speaker. Rel makes a wireless transmitter connection system to make this easier.
Emlyn
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Not to mention the tons of Sssssibilance
Willow
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
The irony here is that this sports deal is playing out against the backdrop of half the country literally celebrating the execution of a CEO for being a “greedy millionaire”…
There is greedy and being massively overpaid, and there is being those same things, but getting there by destroying people’s lives.
United Healthcare, and its executives are scumbags.
Beyond just the insane amount of denials and **** over members, what’s generally less known is that they also own Change Healthcare.
Change Healthcare is essentially a payment processing entity for tons of health providers.
Recently Change had a data breach and shut down its service for an extended period of time.
That shutdown royally screwed providers. They literally were not being paid, at all, for months.
Some providers relied heavily on Change for payments. Many went bankrupt.
Guess who is swooping in and scooping up those bankrupt and desperate businesses?
You guessed it, United Healthcare and Change.
The company that bankrupted them, stockpiled cash that wasn’t being paid out, because they weren’t paying them, bought those practices for pennies on the dollar.
Scumbags.
Upstatemax
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
The irony here is that this sports deal is playing out against the backdrop of half the country literally celebrating the execution of a CEO for being a “greedy millionaire”…
daddyjt
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Re: Signa Solo No Sound
This happened to my first Signa Solo (I posted about in 2019). I thought it might be a software problem caused by my 3 year-old grandson "joggling" the buttons on the remote. Polk didn't help at all and said it would be cheaper just to buy another one, which I did. That worked until 2 days ago when this new one did exactly the same thing, without help from my grandson ! I give up... unless Polk can be a bit more helpful and answer these posts...PLEASE !!
teeseetwo
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Re: Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX does not work with PC via HDMI
His response:
"Did OP post any specs on his PC? Not all GPUs offer ARC or eARC which might be the issue happening here. Most PC's do not have that functionality unless a part was installed intentionally with that feature. It could be connected via Optical which would work fine but if they are attempting to connect it via HDMI on a PC, about 90% of HDMI ports on PCs are just the video outputs and not able to do an audio connection."
"Did OP post any specs on his PC? Not all GPUs offer ARC or eARC which might be the issue happening here. Most PC's do not have that functionality unless a part was installed intentionally with that feature. It could be connected via Optical which would work fine but if they are attempting to connect it via HDMI on a PC, about 90% of HDMI ports on PCs are just the video outputs and not able to do an audio connection."
SeleniumFalcon
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Re: Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX does not work with PC via HDMI
My specifications:
Nvidia RTX 4080 Super
MSI MAG B650M Mortar WiFi with AMD Ryzen 9900X3D
Both devices support audio via HDMI and the corresponding drivers are installed, but the Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX soundbar is not recognised on both HDMI ports (graphics card and mainboard) when plugged in.
Optical is unfortunately not an option, as only 2.0 sound is possible, but I want to control 2.1 to calibrate the subwoofer and this is only possible via HDMI.
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Nvidia RTX 4080 Super
MSI MAG B650M Mortar WiFi with AMD Ryzen 9900X3D
Both devices support audio via HDMI and the corresponding drivers are installed, but the Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX soundbar is not recognised on both HDMI ports (graphics card and mainboard) when plugged in.
Optical is unfortunately not an option, as only 2.0 sound is possible, but I want to control 2.1 to calibrate the subwoofer and this is only possible via HDMI.
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ManInNight
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Re: Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX does not work with PC via HDMI
What is the audio format you are trying play?
And have you followed these instructions?
https://www.nvidia.com/content/Control-Panel-Help/vLatest/en-us/mergedProjects/Display/To_set_up_digital_audio_on_your_graphics_card.htm#:~:text=From the NVIDIA Control Panel,, DisplayPort, or DVI).
And have you followed these instructions?
https://www.nvidia.com/content/Control-Panel-Help/vLatest/en-us/mergedProjects/Display/To_set_up_digital_audio_on_your_graphics_card.htm#:~:text=From the NVIDIA Control Panel,, DisplayPort, or DVI).
txcoastal1
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Re: Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX does not work with PC via HDMI
His reply:
"The issue with this is most GPUs do not have ARC like I had stated before. Looking at NVIDIA's site for this particular GPU, it shows no indication that the HDMI handles any audio which is what I was expecting. They would have to look into getting a dedicated sound card for the PC to use the Mini AX if he is determined in using HDMI ARC but that will likely be costly. There are very few GPUs designed to handle sound output and none that I can think off the top of my head. They are designed to handle visuals and graphics and do not really offer any output to audio. Neither the GPU or the Motherboard HDMI ports offer that audio channel as is typical in PC systems.
That said, the motherboard he mentioned does have optical and that would be the route I would recommend. The S/PDIF optical and onboard DSP does support up to 7.1 according to the manufacturer. This should be more than enough to work with the Mini AX and offer that subwoofer support he is looking for. There are S/DIF > HDMI converters out there but that is outside of my realm of knowledge and I am not sure how that would work in this case."
"The issue with this is most GPUs do not have ARC like I had stated before. Looking at NVIDIA's site for this particular GPU, it shows no indication that the HDMI handles any audio which is what I was expecting. They would have to look into getting a dedicated sound card for the PC to use the Mini AX if he is determined in using HDMI ARC but that will likely be costly. There are very few GPUs designed to handle sound output and none that I can think off the top of my head. They are designed to handle visuals and graphics and do not really offer any output to audio. Neither the GPU or the Motherboard HDMI ports offer that audio channel as is typical in PC systems.
That said, the motherboard he mentioned does have optical and that would be the route I would recommend. The S/PDIF optical and onboard DSP does support up to 7.1 according to the manufacturer. This should be more than enough to work with the Mini AX and offer that subwoofer support he is looking for. There are S/DIF > HDMI converters out there but that is outside of my realm of knowledge and I am not sure how that would work in this case."
SeleniumFalcon
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Re: Polk Audio MagniFi Mini AX does not work with PC via HDMI
So my solution is a FeinTech AX310 adapter in ARC (no eARC mode). Now I can use HDMI for sound on my PC.
ManInNight
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