Nicholas Seltzer
100+ Head-Fier
Hmm. Considering various workarounds. I could use a video streaming device like an Apple TV/Roku, but I'm hoping to preserve Dolby Vision and HDR10. Does the HDMI passthrough on the 1901 models support that?
Another option many of us use is... Just sending the audio or audio/video to the Realiser.... In other words, not using the Realiser as an AV switch.Hmm. Considering various workarounds. I could use a video streaming device like an Apple TV/Roku, but I'm hoping to preserve Dolby Vision and HDR10. Does the HDMI passthrough on the 1901 models support that?
I used an Uptone Audio Ultracap LPS-1.2 for awhile until it stopped working. Turns out that there was a design flaw in the LPS-1.2. Luckily for me, it did do any damage to my A16.Hmm. Well, it doesn't sound good. Looks like I got a very early model. Fortunately I don't think I need 24 channels and there are workarounds for eARC. Still trying to decide if I want to keep it. Any idea how reliable these things are? I'm not getting good feels from Smyth and would hate to have a problem with the machine and they're MIA.
Also, has anyone here experimented with upgraded PSUs? E.g. an iFi iPower Elite or SBooster, etc?
Did it impact sound quality at all?I used an Uptone Audio Ultracap LPS-1.2 for awhile until it stopped working. Turns out that there was a design flaw in the LPS-1.2. Luckily for me, it did do any damage to my A16.
I found it to be marginally improved.Did it impact sound quality at all?
Were you talking figuratively because you almost certain don't have eARC and 24 channels?Well, it doesn't sound good.
I agree with everything you said but I would also point out that there’s no reason not to do your own HPEQ.Were you talking figuratively because you almost certain don't have eARC and 24 channels?
Or are you literally talking about the actual sound/audio?
In the latter case, just in case you are not aware: Using the standard factory PRIRs and HPEQs (non-personalised measurements done with dummy heads) or other people's PRIRs and HPEQs can sound very odd to many people, both sound localization wise as tonal wise. This says nothing about what can be achieved if you do your own measurements and possibly another manual correction (so called manloud HPEQ or manspeaker HPEQ) on top of that. Or if you are lucky and find someone else's PRIR and HPEQ that better match your personal HRTF, again with possibly a manual improvement (manloud HPEQ).
You mean with like an HDMI audio splitter of sorts?Another option many of us use is... Just sending the audio or audio/video to the Realiser.... In other words, not using the Realiser as an AV switch.
Oh, my bad. That was a poor choice of words given the context. I meant it figuratively in that I'm almost certain I don't have eARC and am limited to 16 channels. But while we're on the subject, I'm still dialing in the sound. I managed to take an HPEQ measurement, but I possibly did it incorrectly. I don't have access to a really good room to measure. I have a small home theater I can setup, but it's only 5.1. Do you know if it's possible to just take one speaker and move it around the room to 15 different locations, then somehow combine those measurements into a single PRIR?Were you talking figuratively because you almost certain don't have eARC and 24 channels?
Or are you literally talking about the actual sound/audio?
In the latter case, just in case you are not aware: Using the standard factory PRIRs and HPEQs (non-personalised measurements done with dummy heads) or other people's PRIRs and HPEQs can sound very odd to many people, both sound localization wise as tonal wise. This says nothing about what can be achieved if you do your own measurements and possibly another manual correction (so called manloud HPEQ or manspeaker HPEQ) on top of that. Or if you are lucky and find someone else's PRIR and HPEQ that better match your personal HRTF, again with possibly a manual improvement (manloud HPEQ).
The short answer to your question is yes.You mean with like an HDMI audio splitter of sorts?
Oh, my bad. That was a poor choice of words given the context. I meant it figuratively in that I'm almost certain I don't have eARC and am limited to 16 channels. But while we're on the subject, I'm still dialing in the sound. I managed to take an HPEQ measurement, but I possibly did it incorrectly. I don't have access to a really good room to measure. I have a small home theater I can setup, but it's only 5.1. Do you know if it's possible to just take one speaker and move it around the room to 15 different locations, then somehow combine those measurements into a single PRIR?
Nick
Yep... I use one... Works great! Dolby Vision and Atmos Passthrough.You mean with like an HDMI audio splitter of sorts?
With one speaker not, withthe A16 you have to measure at least two. And it's "easier" to rotate the listener and keep the speakers in place.Do you know if it's possible to just take one speaker and move it around the room to 15 different locations, then somehow combine those measurements into a single PRIR?
With one speaker not, with the A16 you have to measure at least two.
Me too... But I was only capturing one channel per PRIR... Which was the problem I think.Hm, back then we tried it with one speaker but it didin't work.
This works... And is a great feature should you forget to reverse your (rear channel) speaker labels But it's not necessarily a time saver. Should you go this route... I would urge you to document the timestamp of each PRIR... Since all channels will be labeled L and R... It can be somewhat difficult and nerve-wracking to figure out which speaker is which In the relabeling process.It should be possible that you now always set a L and R PRIR sound room up and relabel the virtual speaker afterwards to the label that corresponds to the real location you measured the speaker.