Well I won’t delay and I’ll just cut straight to the chase.

Don’t underestimate the look of this home cinema the TV maybe small don’t let that fool you it’s got plenty of surprises up its sleeve when it comes to sound presentation.


Source

Pioneer DV-525 DVD player
SONY DVP-S336 player
Cello DR-810 DVD-RW recorder
Pioneer CLD-1750 laserdisc player
Pioneer CLD-2950 laserdisc player

Monitor

Toshiba 4:3

Decoding & processing

Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select this basically the heart of all the decoding Dolby digital Dolby pro-logic, pro-logic II music and pro-logic II movie also dts which is mostly used of the dts laserdiscs.

Yamaha DSR-70 pro-logic this as been assigned to decode or extract monaural centre phantom sound that is placed within the left and right fronts, it’s connected to the main left and right outputs from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select. It’s a very worthy piece of equipment that can turn or transform any (monaural centre phantom sound) to the centre channel from it’s centre channel output to a second Yamaha processor where I use the two internal inputs one for the discrete centre channel from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select, and the other output from the Yamaha DSR-70 pro-logic where the two signals are brought together as one.

There’s a level adjustment that needs to be done with setting this up. Using the dts set-up and calibration disc where it has become very beneficial over the years with its assorted use of test signals and wideband pink noise.

Yamaha DSP-100 I have already mentioned the use for this decoder processor, but there is one other thing I use on this decoder and the Yamaha DSR-70 pro-logic and that is the low pass out put which is assigned to the Realistic 6 channel audio mixer, that is two outputs and two inputs are used for the three-screen sub bass extension array.

Limiting

Panasonic audio limiter (monaural) this is used for the centre channel only

Ferguson audio limiter ((stereo)) this is used for the left and right channels only

Pioneer VSP-200 Pro-logic AVR assigned for centre back surround sidewalls surrounds and height surround

Mixer

Realistic 6 channel model 32-1210

Realistic 6 channel stereo mixer assigned for sub bass extension and LFE.1 output it is from here all the blending of the low end which supports the three-screen array and surrounds is customised for specific playback same more or less applies for the LFE.1. Where I can monitor the output via the twin VU meters and make any adjustment to the level via cutting back on the low level control on the mixer, it’s fast and simple.

Also there is a low pass output on the Pioneer VSP-200 which is assigned to the Realistic 6 channel audio mixer.

Equalization

JVC SEA E-30, 10 band centre back and height surrounds
Genxxa model 31-2030, 10 band sidewall surrounds
Technics SH-8058, 7 band fronts left and rights
Technics SH-8055, 12 band centre channel and sub bass extension
Marantz EQ-551, 10 band fronts left and right

Active X over

2WEX used to filter for the LFE.1

Amplification

Marantz 1050 this is used for left and right front channel amplification of the JBL Control 5
Marantz 1050 this is used for centre channel amplification of the JBL Control 5
Marantz 1030 this is used for the JBL Control 1 surround array sidewall only
Pioneer VSP-200 this is used for the centre back JBL Control 1 array and height surround array.

Loudspeakers

JBL Control 5 three-screen array two extra JBL Control 5 for later use with five-screen array

JBL Control 1 x10 assigned to sidewalls rear wall and overheard, this is an ongoing project where I’m still installing JBL Control 1 for the ultimate in-room experience.

JBL 4645 this is used for the LFE.1 only its large 18” JBL 2240H gives good roll off of the LFE.1 when it cuts in during some action scenes or some musical passages to add just a bit more extension to the film without being overwhelming, lows moves smoothly from LFE.1 to sub bass extension without even realizing it’s a bit hard to distinguish and works very well indeed.

Eltax A12-R this is used for sub bass extension of the three-screen array and surrounds only! This helps to not over taxi the sub bass nor muddy up or confuse the signals, it also offers incredible flexibility easy and good dynamic range which supports films with creditability.




"Follow the yellow brick road".

Lead out to lead in etc, etc.

RCA left and right front stereo outputs from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select goes to an audio limiter then outputs to the Yamaha DSR-70 pro it then outputs from the left and right stereo where it goes to one EQ than of to 1x Marantz 1050 for the left and right JBL control 5.

Centre channel out from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select goes to an audio limiter than outputs to the Yamaha DSP-100 where I use one of the inputs for a special front channel effect of blending two into one that is sent to either the JBL control 5 or two separate loudspeakers one that would be placed overhead of the JBL control 5.

Anyway the centre output then passes t x1 EQ than outputs to x1 Marantz 1050.

A second output from the Yamaha DSR-70 pro, the centre output where I can split the signal from left and right making it less in loudness as one part of the audio signal over to JBL control 5 centre channel via the use of the Yamaha DSP-100 where I use the other input and a single monaural output from that processor which acts as a pre amp in a why is set to full output on the fader.

The Yamaha DSR-70 and DSP-100 both have a low pass output that is sent to the audio mixer channels 1 for main 2 for centre 3 is used from the Pioneer VSP-200 low pass output and 6 is used for LFE.1.

All the faders are set to output the level of sub bass extension and LFE.1 with pan pots sent to full left hand side on channels 1 2 3 where the pan pot for right is sent set to full right hand side. There are two stereo outputs from the mixer and please don’t confuse this with (stereo sub bass). The Eltax R-12 A handles all the sub bass extension for the three-screen and surrounds, where the JBL 4645 handles only the LFE.1.

Surround outputs from the Kenwood KRF-X9050D THX select goes to the Pioneer VSP-200 where it has a built in amplifier for surround matrix this is used for JBL control 1 height surrounds the centre output is used for centre back for the two middle row JBL control 1.

The left and right stereo output from the Pioneer VSP-200 goes to x1 EQ then goes on to x1 Marantz 1030 where speaker A runs the sidewall JBL control 1 and speaker B runs the two outer rear stereo surrounds. I use A&B for Dolby stereo films or the odd few films with split-surrounds.

When in Dolby mode on the Pioneer VSP-200 it will engage the centre back and overhead surrounds when in bypass it will only run the sidewall JBL control 1 unless I switch on B where six JBL control1 will be running.

I think that covers it and who knows what I might add on tomorrow, its all in the Dolby mix.