I wouldn't bet that you'll see it even if I end up losing nothing against the bet.

It's highly unlikely to see a Sony AVR as an official product in the near future. The MY market only knows soundbar = end game.

Thanks everyone for your inputs

Will have to figure something out then

actually i think market is moving towards soundbar. not only Malaysia

Buy something available here lah

Are there any advantages/disadvantages to connect source directly to LG C1 TV or through the AVR?

I just bought the Denon X1700H with HDMI 2.1 support and wondering which way to to connect my PS5?

This post has been edited by PoorMan: May 20 2023, 04:25 PM

The whole point of a "receiver" is to well - receive. Lol.

Connect direct to the receiver, then you don't have to deal with eARC. x1700H passes through ALLM to enable VRR as well.

Pioneer Direct Energy = Class D?
I'm looking at VSX-LX505.

me myself prefer a soundbar , looks neater and saves space

Shallow thinking.

All rooms no matter the size, even a bahtroom has space for a pair of bookshelves. And guess what destroys a soundbar?

Hi, I just bought Denon x2800h, where can I enable dolby atmos height virtualization? I can't find this option in the settings.

check under your surround parameter:


Speaker Virtualizer
The Speaker Virtualizer enhances the surround and height speaker channels to create an enveloping virtual surround effect.

On
(De­fault):

En­ables “Speaker Vir­tu­al­izer”.

Off:

Dis­ables “Speaker Vir­tu­al­izer”.

You can set this when the sound mode is “Dolby Atmos”, “Dolby Surround” or sound mode that has “+Dolby Surround” in the sound mode name.

Usable when not using height, ceiling or Dolby Atmos Enabled speakers, or when not using surround speakers.

Audio is not output from the surround back speaker if “Speaker Virtualizer” is set to “On” when “Speaker Configuration” - “Surround Back” is set to “1 spkr” in the menu.



source: https://manuals.denon.com/AVRX2800H/EU/EN/G...#DRDZMLoshzxlol

Thank for your reply, got it when the signal source is Dolby Atmos.

i prefer my marshall speakers, save space and sound good. appearance of it is nice as well that can be used as decoration for home.

never like sound bar or those 4.1 or 5.1 etc. kind of sound systems anymore.

stupid question, but are there any affordable 5.1 receivers/eARC amp that is under RM500?

My adventure down the path of getting proper 5.1 on my MI P1 TV:

Not having enough money for an eARC receiver, I thought the Toslink would be the best option. Uncompressed PCM 2.0 and compressed AC3 5.1.

So I purchased a DAC -> 5.1 RCA. Problem was it provides only normalised output without amplification. So comes in 3x audio amplifier to handle each of the channels. AMP was around RM30 each, and they would control Front L/R, Rear L/R, and Centre + Sub.

Went to TV option and set audio to Passthrough. And it works, somewhat. Dolby 5.1 is properly decoded by the DAC, and Astro UHD 805 sounds really good with surround. Only issue now is that anything other than Dolby 5.1, aka normal PCM sounds so soft. The difference between the two signal is about 20db, and it's a hassle to always walk to my AMPs and change 3 different volumes whenever I want to watch a stereo source.

So comes in the Pioneer VSX-521 VSX-517, a 5.1 receiver that I saw someone selling 2nd hand. Solves my problem of having multple AMP and I can just plug in my toslink to the receiver, or so I think.

Plugging in the digital signal, I found that the receiver does properly decode the Dolby signal, but only in stereo. Also, it still has the same issue that any PCM audio comes out soft. Arghhhh. But at least now I have a remote.

I later found out to get 5.1, the VSX-521 VSX-517 only accepts analogue signal, and not digital. So in the end, my setup looks like this:

TV -> Toslink (Passthrough) -> 5.1 DAC -> VSX-521 VSX-517.

Dammit. I am getting a proper eARC receiver next year.

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Feb 18 2024, 03:32 PM

Before I bought the Denon X1700H, I was exploring some of these HDMI Audio splitters to connect to my old Denon receiver (non ARC/HDMI 2.1). Perhaps you may want to explore as they are relatively cheap:

https://shopee.com.my/HDMI-Audio-Extractor-...2f-37f1f0e2b194

I know. I have them. Actually lots as I used them at the office as well. As I said, the issue was I wanted 5.1 audio. Looking online, there are ARC -> 5.1 extractor, but those are not sold on Lazada/Shopee. And it comes back to my original issue, I still need to boost the audio that comes from the extractor.

I think I'm missing something here.

In my mind, you should be connecting like this:

Mi P1 TV <-- HDMI (eARC) --> HDMI splitter <-- HDMI --> Pioneer VSX-521 (HDMI-IN)

Unless I am mistaken, you should be able to get 5.1 like this, right?



https://shopee.com.my/PDM-HDMI-eARC-ARC-Aud...96-578a9bd35653

Edited to provide a local supplier (or what looks like a local supplier)

This post has been edited by PoorMan: Feb 18 2024, 01:31 PM

i read back my post. I made a mistake. It's the Pioneer 517, which does not have hdmi in

Update: Budget 5.1 is much of a hassle. I just bought a Yamaha RX-V385 instead. Was looking to buy a Denon, but the Yamaha has Yamaha Malaysia warranty and eArc.