Analog 7.1 or HDMI for sound

1. You could try both and decide for yourself. Many have and, fwiw, come out with different conclusions.

2. If you use the analog interconnections, you deprive yourself of all the DSP capabilities of your AVR, including bass management, room EQ, etc.

I'd choose 2.Oops. What I meant was that. based on 2, I would choose HDMI.

Indeed, experiment between the two. I have a different recommendation, however, based on personal experience. Keep the signal in the digital domain as long as possible. It originates in digital form off the disk. In order to use analog connections you must have the player convert the signal from digital to analog. You may or may not lose something in that process. Then you have the issue of selecting analog cables to be sure the signal remains of highest possible quality on its way to the receiver.

okay I tried them both, they both sound awesome but to get the same level of volume my avr has to be at a higher volume in analog 45 than through hdmi 37. I did notice a little better sound from my center channel through analog but less bass from my sub

With analog, the sub channel needs to be boosted by 10-15db in the receiver in order to get the bass up to the proper level. Did you make that adjustment?



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With analog, the sub channel needs to be boosted by 10-15db in the receiver in order to get the bass up to the proper level. Did you make that adjustment?

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In the reciever, the sub or Bluray player? Or all ? Also what are the best cables to buy for analog cause I just have old rca cables hooked up to try it out?

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Originally Posted by MLKstudios /forum/post/16892360


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In the reciever, the sub or Bluray player? Or all ? Also what are the best cables to buy for analog cause I just have old rca cables hooked up to try it out?

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The boost should be done in the receiver or at the sub, not in the player, which defeats the purpose of recording LFE 10db low in the first place. The AVR is usually the best choice, especially if it has a setting for the analog SW boost.


Old RCA cables will be fine for your testing. It wouldn't hurt to get better quality cables if you decide to use analog. But, it's not like they're going to make a big difference.