OnkyoFanatic
02-10-2006, 08:51 PM
I would ideally like to add more power to my massive media room I'm in right now, which is being powered, adequately, by an Onkyo TX-SR600; with my calibration levels set and everything "dialed in," high-action DTS and Dolby Digital encoded DVDs sound engulfing and hair-raising for a six channel amp that costs 500 bucks. But the "more power!" bug has bitten, and I would like to add a power amp (multichannel) to this receiver and use the 600 as the preamp, something no less than 200 watts per channel...
The problem is, my receiver does not have pre-outs to feed an amp....but I have heard and have been told, in shadowy terms, that this can be sidestepped somehow by using a "cheater adapter" of some kind, much like it is used in car stereo....in my car, I have an 800 watt Rockford Fosgate amp running bridged to feed two 15 inch Rockford subs but Im using the factory radio so my installer ran an "RCA converter" to feed signal off the rear deck speakers for preamp level singnal to the amp, being that the stock head unit had no RCA outs...can ANYTHING like this be done with a home surround receiver? What about using any kind of other OUT jacks on the back of the receiver, such as TAPE OUT....would that work to feed a power amp? If there is a way to cheat the no preout problem on my receiver to feed an amp, can someone explain it to me?
Also, what's the concensus with using a graphic EQ with a surround receiver? Is it recommended? I understand that to equalize mulitchannel zones, you must be running independent amps to each channel in the analog domain and that some receivers today have room equalizing modes, but what about folks like me who own a receiver with NOTHING but bass and treble controls for tone adjustment? Can we add a graphic EQ to change and alter/tweak the delivery of Dolby Digital and DTS digital soundtracks -- can this even be DONE? Normally, a TAPE LOOP is needed on a receiver to add an EQ, but there is no tape loop on my Onkyo...is it even recommended to externally equalize a DIGITAL signal like that of Dolby Digital or DTS beyond simple tone controls; would this completely alter the intentions of the sound engineers? Should we just be listening to the DD and DTS tracks the way they were meant to be heard -- with no real equalization at all, coming right out of our receivers/processors? Right now, I leave bass and treble BOTH on flat (zero). I am looking to "punch up" the impact of DVD soundtracks out of my system and was wondering if adding an EQ will do that -- but Im also wondering if adding EQ can even be done to DIGITAL signals like those coming off a DVD...
Thanks in advance to anyone that can assist.
The problem is, my receiver does not have pre-outs to feed an amp....but I have heard and have been told, in shadowy terms, that this can be sidestepped somehow by using a "cheater adapter" of some kind, much like it is used in car stereo....in my car, I have an 800 watt Rockford Fosgate amp running bridged to feed two 15 inch Rockford subs but Im using the factory radio so my installer ran an "RCA converter" to feed signal off the rear deck speakers for preamp level singnal to the amp, being that the stock head unit had no RCA outs...can ANYTHING like this be done with a home surround receiver? What about using any kind of other OUT jacks on the back of the receiver, such as TAPE OUT....would that work to feed a power amp? If there is a way to cheat the no preout problem on my receiver to feed an amp, can someone explain it to me?
Also, what's the concensus with using a graphic EQ with a surround receiver? Is it recommended? I understand that to equalize mulitchannel zones, you must be running independent amps to each channel in the analog domain and that some receivers today have room equalizing modes, but what about folks like me who own a receiver with NOTHING but bass and treble controls for tone adjustment? Can we add a graphic EQ to change and alter/tweak the delivery of Dolby Digital and DTS digital soundtracks -- can this even be DONE? Normally, a TAPE LOOP is needed on a receiver to add an EQ, but there is no tape loop on my Onkyo...is it even recommended to externally equalize a DIGITAL signal like that of Dolby Digital or DTS beyond simple tone controls; would this completely alter the intentions of the sound engineers? Should we just be listening to the DD and DTS tracks the way they were meant to be heard -- with no real equalization at all, coming right out of our receivers/processors? Right now, I leave bass and treble BOTH on flat (zero). I am looking to "punch up" the impact of DVD soundtracks out of my system and was wondering if adding an EQ will do that -- but Im also wondering if adding EQ can even be done to DIGITAL signals like those coming off a DVD...
Thanks in advance to anyone that can assist.