Connecting DVD-A Player to a Receiver

[hershon]

That was my thought,most likly DD or DTS. DTS and its using all the speakers and thought is was DVD-A. See,the DTS sounds great to.

According to the Specs, the JVC plays DVD-A. When I played DVD-A discs, I clearly heard 5 different individual channels of sound on 5 different speakers (i.e. lead vocals on left front, lead guitar in center, drums on right, backing vocals on rear left, rhythem guitar on rear right for example). I'll check in a few minutes the wording on my receiver when this is played.

[MomurdA]

You most certainly CAN use a digtial connection if you have i-link on your player and receiver. Not everbody does,but to say it is not possible is just wrong.

i-link is firewire, right? IEEE 1394??

[hershon]

I just checked this out by playing Rem's greatest hits that i just got yesterday on DVD-A & is very good (I heard this at Paul BCI's & thought it was worth getting).

Anyway, on my JVC DVD receiver when you play a DVD-A there is a seperate button that lights up when DVD-A is played which says DVD-A. Besides seeing all 5 speakers & a sub liight up on my receiver controls the letters PPCM LFR & BSE all appear on my control panel window when this DVD-A is played.

[LEAFS264]

i-link is firewire, right? IEEE 1394??

Yep, you got it!

[shokhead]

I just checked this out by playing Rem's greatest hits that i just got yesterday on DVD-A & is very good (I heard this at Paul BCI's & thought it was worth getting).

Anyway, on my JVC DVD receiver when you play a DVD-A there is a seperate button that lights up when DVD-A is played which says DVD-A. Besides seeing all 5 speakers & a sub liight up on my receiver controls the letters PPCM LFR & BSE all appear on my control panel window when this DVD-A is played.

What model is your JVC?

[hershon]

RX-DV31SL

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...lance&n=507846

[shokhead]

Seems to be geared more towards Audio then Video. I hate to say it but i'd use it with different speakers.

[hershon]

Seems to be geared more towards Audio then Video. I hate to say it but i'd use it with different speakers.

Well this is one I totally disagree with you. In fact the creator's of Orb specifically recommend this system to their customers as well as giving their customers the option of buying it direct from them.

[shokhead]

And Ford says,use 87 gas,its made for your car and it works but you try 91 and WOW! It seems your looking for more or different and your reciever doesnt look to bad,whats left to change? Why did all of this start if your happy with the setup,just trying to upgrade for a better sound or a different sound? If thats the case, a reciever wont make much difference but speakers will. If you want to keep those,return the other stuff and keep what you have.

[kexodusc]

And Ford says,use 87 gas,its made for your car and it works but you try 91 and WOW! .

I'm going way off topic here, but just a note on this...most cars today use electronic fuel injection with a ton of sensors and regulating devices all based on 87 grade octane (with some SUV and sports car excetions)...using higher octane over periods of time can actually cause a lot of things to go out of whack (though the engine is usually fine). When I was at Honda we debated whether to launch a marketing campaign about informing the public against using higher grade octanes...we consulted with other car companies, and came to the same conclusion: the public wouldn't like hearing that their cars can't handle high-octane gas...

Kind of reminds me of Ed Norton's bit in "Fight Club" where he talks about if the cost of class action lawsuits are cheaper than the cost of a safety recall, they don't do it.
(note: I never saw or heard any evidence of this from any company, but I have to admit I was pretty low on the corporate totem pole).

Anyoooo..applying this to speakers, I guess the analogy is better speakers don't always jive with the rest of the system, though I would argue you have to eliminate that possibility before arriving at that conclusion.

[LEAFS264]

Kex, your wrong about the fuel. The gas that is sold in Canada and the U.S is one of the worst quallity you will find in the world. We have so much dirt in our gas it's not funny. That is why most cars today all have fuel level sensor problems,because of all the crap that gums them up and prevents them from reading the correct fuel. I work for General Motors,and trust me when i tell you,if you can afford the little bit extra for the plus fuel....not the high test. You will be saving your self hundreads maybe thousands later down the road. The plus and high test fuel burns cleaner and will get you a few more km's to the tank as well.


Jay

[kexodusc]

Leafs264: That's almost the complete opposite of everything we were told, GM was one of the companies we consulted with...mind you I worked in marketing and later finance, and it was those offices we talked with, I won't dare profess to being a technician or engineer.
I know the we issued TSB's to our technicians/garages recommending to advise people to not use plus/premium gases...that decision usually came from Troubleshooting (the so-called engineers and experts). It's in quite a few owners manuals these days too, I'll have to check what it says in my Accord later today.
Their arguement wasn't so much that the gas was hard on the engine, or didn't burn clean, but something along the lines of the injection system sending a certain amount of fuel to be combusted based on the typical energy 87 octane would create, if the ocatane grade was increased, the calculations were still made based on 87 (within a +/-), so the higher the octane the worse the problem? I dunno...

Then again, these are the engineers that design cars with all the flaws in the first place, so what do they know.

So you work for GM? What's the deal on the G-6? Looks like a nice little car for my fiancee...anything bad I should know about it?

[shokhead]

Well i think its more then 87,more and more high torque/HP V-6 engines every year. My 02 is 240HP/246Torque and it says you can use 87 and the computer will redo so you dont knock but at a lower performance. Best performance should run 91. What i was saying is speakers will change the sound more then a reciever or more then the 3801 over the JVC.

[LEAFS264]

Kex, If there is ONE thing i have learned from my years at GM is NEVER,EVER,EVER buy a first year production car. The G6 is a very sweet car.....but it is new. Give the boys down at the plants time to get the bugs out.... especially that sunroof. Give it 1 or two years if you can wait.


Jay.

[kexodusc]

I wouldn't get that goofy sunroof, I don't think...not worth the rediculous price tag it comes with...they offer a normal sunroof, too, I believe. It's the lady's call though.
Enough thread-jacking for one day, though...