What Rotel said about double base

[audionut]

For what it's worth I aksed Rotel what the deal was and here was the answer....

BTW, thanks to all the guys on this forum for thier help!


Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:06 PM
Subject: RSP 1066


> Rotel,
> I have a RSP 1066 with "firmware" V 2 2 2 _ 020905, what does that
> mean? Do I have the double bass problem? If so, what is the double bass
> problem? How do I /Rotel fix it?
>
> Thanks in advance,


Hello Sir,
First, please understand that this is not a problem. Next, please
understand that this "issue" is only with the multi input. Finally, I would
like to take a few lines to elaborate on what exactly what the "issue" is.

Please understand that DVD Audio and SACD are 5.0 format. This means
that
under normal circumstances you will not have a .1 signal (no L.F.E.-Low
Frequency Effect output), versus when listening to Dolby Digital, and DTS
which are 5.1(digital
subwoofer output). In some of our earlier units Rotel has taken the liberty
to add a feature. This feature allows the end user to enjoy a subwoofer
signal out when listening to a 5.0 format only through the multi input, by
manipulating the analog signal coming in to the multi input.

Fortunately you do have the ability to turn your multi input subwoofer
off through your menu options, which will allow you to listen to your DVD
Audio and other 5.0 formats the way they where intended (with no subwoofer
signal).

Andrew Shaw
ROTEL/B&W
Assistant Service Manager
Ashaw@equityaudio.com
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>

[Andrew Pratt]

While he's technically correct in that SACd and DVD-A are supposed to be 5.0 formats the problem is that the music industry seems to have forgotten that and frequently impliments the .1 channel for either LFE or for an effects channel which is why we need the resistors cut so that we can pass that .1 channel like the other channels.

[Scarp]

MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) was always concieved as a 6 channel format, which Rotel could have figured would be 5.1. So I think the remark about 5.0 is nonsense.

[Danbry39]

There's a difference between the ideal and the reality of most systems and what they're capable of.




Keith