I got a Sony DE-885 back in May and am now into the DD 5.1 era. Before I had a Sony with "Dolby Surround" and I must say it sounded better for music. My problem is that I have these nice tower speakers with 12" subs in them - but now my 5.1 system requires a subwoofer to get any low bass. My new receiver has several sound fields, but Normal Surround and Stereo Movie are what I switch back and forth between the most.
I can't seem to configure the receiver to omit the subwoofer and put full range audio into my two fronts for playing music.
With Subwoofer set to No, and Front Speakers set to Large, I still get no bass. It seems there is a frequency cut-off built-in to the receiver for all settings, even if I use the 5.1 multi-in. Basically with these nice Sony tower speakers I could care less about owning a subwoofer, and to me the stereo field isn't the same as my old receiver (which thru wear and tear got a few shorts in it...)
Is this requirement of a subwoofer standard in the 5.1 receivers?
Can someone point me in the direction of some models which could do what I want, and have a straight full-range two speaker stereo mode? I'm unimpressed with Dolby ProLogic II in music so far. Using the 5.1 multi-in from my SB Audigy actually gives me preferable stereo to 5.1 expansion.
I can't seem to configure the receiver to omit the subwoofer and put full range audio into my two fronts for playing music.
With Subwoofer set to No, and Front Speakers set to Large, I still get no bass. It seems there is a frequency cut-off built-in to the receiver for all settings, even if I use the 5.1 multi-in. Basically with these nice Sony tower speakers I could care less about owning a subwoofer, and to me the stereo field isn't the same as my old receiver (which thru wear and tear got a few shorts in it...)
Is this requirement of a subwoofer standard in the 5.1 receivers?
Can someone point me in the direction of some models which could do what I want, and have a straight full-range two speaker stereo mode? I'm unimpressed with Dolby ProLogic II in music so far. Using the 5.1 multi-in from my SB Audigy actually gives me preferable stereo to 5.1 expansion.