Hi all
After doing a search and reading alot of threads on this forum, i fear i may have either learnt alot or confused myself more than ever.
I have got a RSP 1066 (you figured that) and had some queries on how to get optimum sound out of it for 2 channel stereo from my Onkyo 540C Cd Player (not a very high end cd player, bought in for around 600$ Australian a few years ago, its a 5+1 Carousel CD player). At the moment i have it connected to my 1066 via optical fibre and have my 1066 set to stereo. Now after reading some articles i fear all this time i havent been doing it right. First of all the question i have is having it set to stereo automatically means it is a bypass / direct signal? Or do i have to choose that somewhere else? (i chose the stereo option in the menu). Also if i have my sub settings on does it affect any of the signal / sound going to my fronts? Do i have to have my sub settings OFF (in the menu) for it to be a pure bypass signal? I have my fronts set to Large and my sub set to MAX and then i used to either turn off or turn on the sub settings for stereo through the sub settings menu page where you can choose the +/- DB and if you take it down to -10 it says OFF (is this the same as setting it off in the other menu or is this different? Will either of these settings affect my signal / stop my signal from being a direct / bypass signal?).
Apparently even with the 2ch stereo / bypass setting volume (gain) and tone controls are still added on, is there a way of making sure the tone controls dont get added on and hence make the signal even more pure? Basically i am trying to set my system up to have the most pure and crisp clean signal it possibly can for 2Ch stereo from my CD to my Speakers.
Also i am know starting to realise maybe i havent been getting the direct / bypass stereo at all because i have been using optical out rather than the analog RCA outputs on my CD player. Is that assumption right? should i have been using my analog stereo RCA outputs all along? On Cables, my store has a couple of types of cables, it has basically 3 types: cheap/bulk, avg and good (for the store, not real high end). Its a wholesaler basically and hence actually put together their own cables plus sell a larger variety of cables inits raw parts as in plugs and wires etc etc. Question i had was can Coaxial Digital cables and Component Video cables be used for Audio or would they detract from the sound quality? The reason why i ask is they actually tell you the parts they used to put together their cables since they sell the parts separately as well. And the parts used for the coaxial digital and component video are a higher grade generally speaking than the parts they used for their best audio specific cables. They tend to believe you can use the component video cables and it will perform better than their audio cables but they might be saying that because the component video cables and coaxial digital cables are more pricey than their audio cables too quite abit more pricey.
I have read somewhere that apparently i shouldnt use them cos most likely the component video and coaxial digital actually have fewer strands at the core of the cables and are just thicker and cost more due to better shielding and protection which audio cables dont need. Now i looked at the parts used and yes i think the audio cables parts actually have more strands of wires at the core than do the component video and coaxial digital cables, does this make any difference? All i know is the component video and coaxial digital cables use higher quality plus and are considerably heavier, more solid and thicker plus seem to use more expensive parts for their wires / cables as well as for their plugs. And according to the store they seem to believe its better to use the component video cables for audio as well but they didnt seem positive about that fact themselves, they presumed it would be better.
This is sucha long post, i better end it here. Please help. Advice would be much appreciated and if you need any more info from me before you can help me out dont hesitate to ask.
After doing a search and reading alot of threads on this forum, i fear i may have either learnt alot or confused myself more than ever.
I have got a RSP 1066 (you figured that) and had some queries on how to get optimum sound out of it for 2 channel stereo from my Onkyo 540C Cd Player (not a very high end cd player, bought in for around 600$ Australian a few years ago, its a 5+1 Carousel CD player). At the moment i have it connected to my 1066 via optical fibre and have my 1066 set to stereo. Now after reading some articles i fear all this time i havent been doing it right. First of all the question i have is having it set to stereo automatically means it is a bypass / direct signal? Or do i have to choose that somewhere else? (i chose the stereo option in the menu). Also if i have my sub settings on does it affect any of the signal / sound going to my fronts? Do i have to have my sub settings OFF (in the menu) for it to be a pure bypass signal? I have my fronts set to Large and my sub set to MAX and then i used to either turn off or turn on the sub settings for stereo through the sub settings menu page where you can choose the +/- DB and if you take it down to -10 it says OFF (is this the same as setting it off in the other menu or is this different? Will either of these settings affect my signal / stop my signal from being a direct / bypass signal?).
Apparently even with the 2ch stereo / bypass setting volume (gain) and tone controls are still added on, is there a way of making sure the tone controls dont get added on and hence make the signal even more pure? Basically i am trying to set my system up to have the most pure and crisp clean signal it possibly can for 2Ch stereo from my CD to my Speakers.
Also i am know starting to realise maybe i havent been getting the direct / bypass stereo at all because i have been using optical out rather than the analog RCA outputs on my CD player. Is that assumption right? should i have been using my analog stereo RCA outputs all along? On Cables, my store has a couple of types of cables, it has basically 3 types: cheap/bulk, avg and good (for the store, not real high end). Its a wholesaler basically and hence actually put together their own cables plus sell a larger variety of cables inits raw parts as in plugs and wires etc etc. Question i had was can Coaxial Digital cables and Component Video cables be used for Audio or would they detract from the sound quality? The reason why i ask is they actually tell you the parts they used to put together their cables since they sell the parts separately as well. And the parts used for the coaxial digital and component video are a higher grade generally speaking than the parts they used for their best audio specific cables. They tend to believe you can use the component video cables and it will perform better than their audio cables but they might be saying that because the component video cables and coaxial digital cables are more pricey than their audio cables too quite abit more pricey.
I have read somewhere that apparently i shouldnt use them cos most likely the component video and coaxial digital actually have fewer strands at the core of the cables and are just thicker and cost more due to better shielding and protection which audio cables dont need. Now i looked at the parts used and yes i think the audio cables parts actually have more strands of wires at the core than do the component video and coaxial digital cables, does this make any difference? All i know is the component video and coaxial digital cables use higher quality plus and are considerably heavier, more solid and thicker plus seem to use more expensive parts for their wires / cables as well as for their plugs. And according to the store they seem to believe its better to use the component video cables for audio as well but they didnt seem positive about that fact themselves, they presumed it would be better.
This is sucha long post, i better end it here. Please help. Advice would be much appreciated and if you need any more info from me before you can help me out dont hesitate to ask.
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