I just bought a Pioneer elite 53TX reciever. This reciever, as opposed to my older Yamaha, the volume starts at -75db (or something like it, I am not near it to check). I can turn it to 0 and into the plus range. What does this mean? I do not want to blow the speakers w/ distortion or clipping. I was always told never to turn an amp past 12 o'clock for this reason. Is this the same thing?
Thanks for the help.
elitefan
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According to Ian Masters of Sound & Vision you should consider zero as the same as 12 o'clock. From there your ears will tell you what to set volume to.
Aaron
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Thanks, Elitefan. Does this mean I should stop at 0?
Maybe you can help me on another question. I also bought an Elite DVD/DVD-Audio/SACD Single Disc player.
If I listen to the guy at the store. I would be using 10 cables to connect it to my reciever.
1 Digital Audio (Not the opitical but the other one.) 6 for DVD-Audio/SACD Sound (2 Front, 1 Center, 1 Sub, 2 Rear) 3 Component Video Cables
Is this guy trying to sell me cables? What is the best way to connect it?
Alan
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The store "guy" is not trying to rip you off. You can connect your DVD to your receiver (assuming you have a 6.1/7.1 input on your receiver) using the DVD's analog 6.1 output to provide DVD-Audio/SACD sound input to your receiver. This is necessary since most receiver's are not equip with a direct digital input for DVD-Audio and SACD (unless you have a Pioneer Elite Receiver with iLink--I think--Elitefan would know more about this). The Digital Audio (I'm guessing coaxial) is necessary to provide a digital feed from your DVD player to your receiver which then do the Dolby Digital/DTS processing. It will also take the stereo digital signal from CD's played on your DVD player and process them using the Receiver's D/A converters. So that cable (although it can be optical or coaxial) is necessary. The 3 component video cables will provide the best video image...so I would get those as well. Hope this helps.
G-Man
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Depends on which model Pioneer Elite. You don't need all that for the 47AVi
Aaron
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To hook the 45A up to the 53TX and get all the features including SACD playback you need the additional 6 cables run into the "Multi Channel In" on the 53TX. This is how I connected mine (14 CONNECTIONS!):
1 - MTI Digital Coax (Surround Sound) 4 Cable sets Monster 300 Series Interlink Cables 1 Set - Right Left 2 Channel Sound (Watch Movie with TV Speakers) 3 Sets for Multi Channel - Left, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Sub, Center (SACD Playback (and DVD-Audio I assume...don't have a disc to try) 1 Monster Cable Component Cable 1 Monster Cable (RCA Type) Video Cable 1 Monster SVideo Cable
I do have extra video connections since the 53TX will not convert video signal and so my kids will not be screwing with this to get the picture to come on. I will have leave it on the RCA Type single Video connection when I am not using it so they can play games, use VCR since the VCR for example does not have SVideo or Component outs.