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Willow
Willow Posts: 10,877
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Wondering what you guys do for set up?
Now that I have gone 2.1 in our TV room, we are looking at a new cabinet. I find my Aventage quite large. So I could use my rotel 1068. Issue is I won't get the new digital formats, with that said, will I miss not having dd+ in 2.1? This also means I'd have to use Toslink or buy a marantz nr series avr to keep hdmi and all the networking features.

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,520
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    Yeah, that's also my issue, the size of the console prevents us from going with certain upstreams.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,877
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    Joey_V wrote: »
    Yeah, that's also my issue, the size of the console prevents us from going with certain upstreams.

    Which is why I'm going to have to go with a dedicated pre or something in the marantz nr series.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
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    Willow wrote: »
    Issue is I won't get the new digital formats, with that said, will I miss not having dd+ in 2.1?
    Maybe? What do you watch? I don't think the "new digital formats" matter once they're downmixed to stereo.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    Willow wrote: »
    Issue is I won't get the new digital formats, with that said, will I miss not having dd+ in 2.1?
    Maybe? What do you watch? I don't think the "new digital formats" matter once they're downmixed to stereo.

    I would think so also. If the stand is the problem, get a new stand.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,877
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    The formats still come in dd+ when using an avr. Even in 2.1

    As for the cabinet, we are getting a new one but I'd prefer a cleaner more streamline look of a smaller pre or avr
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,623
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    I don't think you'll miss anything...

    I have my TV hooked up to my P5 via an optical cable and I have zero issues.

    I run a cable line directly to the TV for regular TV (football) and I use the built in Sony apps for streaming (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon). 2ch audio gets sent to the P5 by the optical cable.

    On the rare occasion I watch a movie in that room, the Oppo sends it to the P5 with my stereo analog connection while I send the HDMI cable directly to the TV for video.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,906
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    The problem with that is your not getting the newer surround codecs that come with Blu-ray.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,877
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    DSkip wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    The problem with that is your not getting the newer surround codecs that come with Blu-ray.

    Not a big deal for those who are more into 2 channel. I have stayed out of this because my views on it are different than HT enthusiasts and I don't know where the OP stands.

    Right now I want the best of both worlds. It's the only hi-fi system in the house and the only TV. Until the basement gets finished this is where all the a-v action happens.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited January 2017
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    My basement is where the b&h action happens but thats just me
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