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Greetings,
I've been reading and trying to learn about receivers here in this particular part of the AVS Forum. I haven't owned a receiver since 1988, had a pioneer "stereo" receiver, plugged in the dvd player and two speakers....easy.
Now I've purchased a Denon 788, spent over a day reading the manual and "piecing" it together. After I think i've set it up correctly, it seems....alright at best, not what I thought it would be. Maybe I should list my components, that will be important.
Toshiba dlp 1080p, bought last year.
PS3---40gb
Denon 788
Dish Network HD receiver
Wii
and SIX pioneer bookshelf speakers that came w/ one of the walmart package purchases.
I have the ps3 and dish net running into the denon via hdmi. One hdmi running from the denon to the DLP. Can't get the Wii to display video, but can hear it (component rca's).
I have a large living room with three speakers on each side, the front face the couch, the middle two are pointed out to the middle and the back two are pointed towards the dlp.
I've got the ps3 set to bitstream, i believe this is correct...not sure. So I get it all turned on and powered up and put in transformers (sd version). I was expecting the "transforming" sound to really punch me. It didn't. I don't remember what I had the receiver set to, but after some time, i "switched" it to "5 channel", sounds much better, but still not enough. It sounds...like 5 channel stereo, not surround. Cars blu-ray sounds better though. Black Hawk Down blu-ray sounds alright, i was hoping the "whomp, whomp" of the copters coming in to Mogadishu would thump at me, still not what I would call surround, maybe I'm wrong, don't know.
PS3 game, MGS4 looks kinda dark, darker than it was (i think). Dish Network HD channels definitely don't look HD anymore.
I don't have a sub (future purchase). I already had the speakers, will be buying better ones in the future, just not now.
So, what will make it sound "better"? Speakers? Set up wrong? What gives?
Am I asking too much for the $$$ I spent? Am I wanting something that the Denon/speakers can't deliver?
The speakers are on small shelves, not those metal type arms you can buy and mount, so the way they face, the sound is traveling over my head i guess you could say.
One last thing, hdmi switching. So if i understand this correctly, i pick the hdmi port on the dlp, plug the receiver into that port and when i want to switch between dishnetwork and the ps3, i just switch via the receiver, no changing inputs on the dlp remote. But would have to change dlp input selection via tv remote if i want to play the wii? I'm not sure, right now, I'm switching the denon to "dvd" and the tv remote input also, this doesn't seem correct.
thanks for your all time,
I've been reading and trying to learn about receivers here in this particular part of the AVS Forum. I haven't owned a receiver since 1988, had a pioneer "stereo" receiver, plugged in the dvd player and two speakers....easy.
Now I've purchased a Denon 788, spent over a day reading the manual and "piecing" it together. After I think i've set it up correctly, it seems....alright at best, not what I thought it would be. Maybe I should list my components, that will be important.
Toshiba dlp 1080p, bought last year.
PS3---40gb
Denon 788
Dish Network HD receiver
Wii
and SIX pioneer bookshelf speakers that came w/ one of the walmart package purchases.
I have the ps3 and dish net running into the denon via hdmi. One hdmi running from the denon to the DLP. Can't get the Wii to display video, but can hear it (component rca's).
I have a large living room with three speakers on each side, the front face the couch, the middle two are pointed out to the middle and the back two are pointed towards the dlp.
I've got the ps3 set to bitstream, i believe this is correct...not sure. So I get it all turned on and powered up and put in transformers (sd version). I was expecting the "transforming" sound to really punch me. It didn't. I don't remember what I had the receiver set to, but after some time, i "switched" it to "5 channel", sounds much better, but still not enough. It sounds...like 5 channel stereo, not surround. Cars blu-ray sounds better though. Black Hawk Down blu-ray sounds alright, i was hoping the "whomp, whomp" of the copters coming in to Mogadishu would thump at me, still not what I would call surround, maybe I'm wrong, don't know.
PS3 game, MGS4 looks kinda dark, darker than it was (i think). Dish Network HD channels definitely don't look HD anymore.
I don't have a sub (future purchase). I already had the speakers, will be buying better ones in the future, just not now.
So, what will make it sound "better"? Speakers? Set up wrong? What gives?
Am I asking too much for the $$$ I spent? Am I wanting something that the Denon/speakers can't deliver?
The speakers are on small shelves, not those metal type arms you can buy and mount, so the way they face, the sound is traveling over my head i guess you could say.
One last thing, hdmi switching. So if i understand this correctly, i pick the hdmi port on the dlp, plug the receiver into that port and when i want to switch between dishnetwork and the ps3, i just switch via the receiver, no changing inputs on the dlp remote. But would have to change dlp input selection via tv remote if i want to play the wii? I'm not sure, right now, I'm switching the denon to "dvd" and the tv remote input also, this doesn't seem correct.
thanks for your all time,