Greeting all
I have stumbled upon a way of combining an HT system and stereo system for playback of 5.1 music content that I would like to share with you. This may not work for all systems, but is worth a try where you have a stereo system that produces better quality stereo reproduction than your HT system. What I did is as follows:
I connected the Blu Ray player to the AVR via HDMI and simultaneously connected the Blu Ray Player to the stereo preamp via analog RCA connections. I then play the system with the stereo system taking care of the front 2 channels and the AVR taking care of the surround channels. What I found was that the stereo system does what it does best producing good quality stereo and the AVR just adding the surround effects. The result is an awesome, believable floor to ceiling soundstage while the stereo systems qualities are maintained.
It takes a little playing with the volume controls to get the balance right, but it is not critical as the stereo system remains the "anchor" with the surround just adding to it.
I have only tried this with 5.1 music content and have not tried it with movies. I would guess that with movies the balance will be more critical.
Try it, you may be surprised. I know I was.
Regards
M
I have stumbled upon a way of combining an HT system and stereo system for playback of 5.1 music content that I would like to share with you. This may not work for all systems, but is worth a try where you have a stereo system that produces better quality stereo reproduction than your HT system. What I did is as follows:
I connected the Blu Ray player to the AVR via HDMI and simultaneously connected the Blu Ray Player to the stereo preamp via analog RCA connections. I then play the system with the stereo system taking care of the front 2 channels and the AVR taking care of the surround channels. What I found was that the stereo system does what it does best producing good quality stereo and the AVR just adding the surround effects. The result is an awesome, believable floor to ceiling soundstage while the stereo systems qualities are maintained.
It takes a little playing with the volume controls to get the balance right, but it is not critical as the stereo system remains the "anchor" with the surround just adding to it.
I have only tried this with 5.1 music content and have not tried it with movies. I would guess that with movies the balance will be more critical.
Try it, you may be surprised. I know I was.
Regards
M
