just a qustion?

[Andrew Everard]

Ronald Archiebald:Wasn't this already done in a previous 'Big Question' where all three participants could not see any difference in picture quality between a Sony BDP-S370 and a Sony BDP-S5000ES?

Yes, but this time there's a twist.

 

[Anonymous]

hi mav, have you decided to get a newer blu-ray player then? one with multi channel analogue outs? i see you have started a thread about which connectors to get...

 

[Anonymous]

hi max i have been ajusting the seting on on my player i tured of the digital input of it was ok as soon as i but them back on the problem was back so i think a new player is need. wish i new this befor i got that player. so what do you think of the s760 player will it do the job. and what connectors would you use? thanxs for your help.

 

[Anonymous]

well im sure the s760 would be fine, just bear in mind it wont have i player, and it wont play mkv files etc, but for dvd's and blu-rays id say its more than good enough, i dont know anything about the various types of cables mav..

 

[Anonymous]

ok max thanx for leting me pick your brain.

 

[John Duncan]

Max you seem to be encouraging mav to spend money before you've worked out what's wrong. I suspect the 370 (a fantastic player) just needs to be set to output the right signal. Mav - have you tried to get the player to downmix to stereo and see what that sounds like?

I'm not up enough on blurry to know whether they still carry plain old Dolby or dots soundtracks, which is doubtless all the H-K can handle (if even those).

 

[Anonymous]

mav35:ok max thanx for leting me pick your brain.

 

[Anonymous]

JohnDuncan:Max you seem to be encouraging mav to spend money before you've worked out what's wrong. I suspect the 370 (a fantastic player) just needs to be set to output the right signal. Mav - have you tried to get the player to downmix to stereo and see what that sounds like?

I'm not up enough on blurry to know whether they still carry plain old Dolby or dots soundtracks, which is doubtless all the H-K can handle (if even those).on the contrary jd, ive outlined all the possible fixes i can come up with for the issues, and ive said im not 100% sure about them, its only when i seen mav had started a cable thread did i realise he was making changes. hes said hes changing the bdp, but perhaps he dont need to as i said before, im not sure myself, but if he wants true hd and dts master audio either a new bdp or avr is needed...

 

[Andrew Everard]

JohnDuncan:
I'm not up enough on blurry to know whether they still carry plain old Dolby or dots soundtracks, which is doubtless all the H-K can handle (if even those).

JD, yes, every Bru-l‚e is required to carry at least one of these legacy soundtracks - Dolby, DTS or PCM - to ensure it's still playable in situations just like this.

 

[John Duncan]

Yes agreed, but we've missed out one further possibility, which is that the player is putputtimg the Wong dream, which if changed could fix his distortion. I'd rather get to the bottom of that.

 

[Andrew Everard]

JohnDuncan:the player is putputtimg the Wong dream

Posting from the iPhone again, JD?

 

[Anonymous]

you are all losing me with all this tech talk sorry lads.

my setting for sound for my player are

Audio(HDMI) is set to (AUTO)

DSD out put mode is (ON)

BD audio mix setting is (ON)

Dolby digital(coax/optical) is set to (DILBY DIGITAL)

dts (coax/optical) is set to (DTS)

audio DRC is set to (AUTO)

Downmix is set on (STEREO)

 

[scene]

JohnDuncan:I'm not up enough on blurry to know whether they still carry plain old Dolby or dots soundtracks, which is doubtless all the H-K can handle (if even those).
iPod safari auto-correct gives some amusing results...

 

[Anonymous]

not sure what the H/K sound track is seying on the front of it dolby digital and dts?

 

[Andrew Everard]

I'd turn off BD audio mix and downmix.

 

[Anonymous]

andrew i have ture of the BD audio mix and it dos seam to of work no sound problem i just tured it back on and the problem came back what ill do later on tonight wach a film all the way thou just to make sure will i have to ture this pff and on when i wach driffent films. can i just say to you and max and all the rest of you lads for your help thanxs again.

 

[Andrew Everard]

No probs - I'm pretty sure the BD Audio mix was the problem: as soon as you mentioned it I had a

moment!

 

[John Duncan]

Andrew Everard:Posting from the iPhone again, JD?

Yak.

 

[John Duncan]

See, this was what I was trying to say, I just didn't know what it was called...

 

[Andrew Everard]

JohnDuncan:See, this was what I was trying to say, I just didn't know what it was called...

For future reference, from your iPhone it's ND Dawnminx...

 

[Ronald Archiebald]

Andrew Everard:
Ronald Archiebald:Wasn't this already done in a previous 'Big Question' where all three participants could not see any difference in picture quality between a Sony BDP-S370 and a Sony BDP-S5000ES?

Yes, but this time there's a twist.

Looking forward to it!

 

[Anonymous]

Watched a blu-ray film last night all the wat thou and i had no sound distortion problems thanxs again lads. But i still mite get a new blu-ray player so i can get audio HD thou analogue inputs?

 

[Anonymous]

mav, i dont know anything about your harmon cardon avr, how powerful it is, how it may compare to a modern avr etc, but have you considered a new avr? im not saying you should or need to buy one, but you can get some great bargains at the moment, my own avr, the yamaha rxv-765 was going for only £200 lately, at richer sounds i believe.

then you would have a new avr and blu-ray player, as opposed to ,im presuming, selling your bdp-s370 and getting a bdp with multi channel outs? if thats what your planning? just something to consider, perhaps you want to keep your hc? but there are cheap modern alternatives..

 

[Anonymous]

hi max thanxs for all your help with my sound problem. my H/K it does about 150 to 200 watts per channel i cart be sure with out geting the books out i thing i mite tret my self for xmas i mite get a new blu-ray player with multi analogue inputs or i fance a new amp i am looking at the sony STR-DA5400ES or the new marantz SR7005 i am not sure yet but i would like some new speakers as well i want to keep my sub it is a REL Q150 i see what santa brings me as i have sed my system is about 12 years old now so i would like a bit of a change.

 

[Anonymous]

max i was just looking at that yam avr you was on about and defantley some thing to consider?