I’m pretty new to better quality Stereo\Home Theater world, have some basic understanding, but by no means do I really know my way around this stuff yet. I was out shopping for a new DVD player and the salesman suggested a unique (to me) way of hooking up the DVD player I was looking at to my Pre-Amp. The DVD player is an ARCAM DV 78, the Pre-Amp is an Anthem AVM 20 connected to an Anthem PVA-7. He said he was told about this setup by someone from Anthem a while back. He said it resulted in a very pure sound with no processing done to the signal, close in a sense to vinyl.
So, not being very sophisticated in processing, configuration and all… anyone have any thoughts? Is this a common configuration that can be done with most DVD players and Preamps\ integrated receivers that have the Analog Audio 6 channel in? Anyone else doing it?
You use the red white “Analog Outs” from the DVD player and plug them into the Front Left and Front Right 6-Channel Analog Inputs on the back of the Pre-Amp. When you play the CD you select the 6 Channel input on the Preamp and set the 6 Channel input to bypass all digital stages. The other thing he mention is this is strictly 2-Channel stereo, nothing is sent to the sub, that your 2 fronts will be handling all the Bass.
I reviewed the Anthem AVM 20 manual and it states pretty much as above, but it doesn’t suggest any specific reason a person would use this configuration only that if the 6 Channel input is unused, the Front-Left and Front Right inputs can be used as a 2 channel input.
I did use this setup and the music did sound very good. Any thoughts on all of this?
So, not being very sophisticated in processing, configuration and all… anyone have any thoughts? Is this a common configuration that can be done with most DVD players and Preamps\ integrated receivers that have the Analog Audio 6 channel in? Anyone else doing it?
You use the red white “Analog Outs” from the DVD player and plug them into the Front Left and Front Right 6-Channel Analog Inputs on the back of the Pre-Amp. When you play the CD you select the 6 Channel input on the Preamp and set the 6 Channel input to bypass all digital stages. The other thing he mention is this is strictly 2-Channel stereo, nothing is sent to the sub, that your 2 fronts will be handling all the Bass.
I reviewed the Anthem AVM 20 manual and it states pretty much as above, but it doesn’t suggest any specific reason a person would use this configuration only that if the 6 Channel input is unused, the Front-Left and Front Right inputs can be used as a 2 channel input.
I did use this setup and the music did sound very good. Any thoughts on all of this?
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