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maid:
My husband and I are in conflict with the sound from our system and I would like some input if I can.

We are connected to an AV Kenwood receiver using Spdif which I think is great he says his music sounds terrible he says the kenwood is restricted because the equalizer only has set modes.

Would using MC to decode the music and video sound better?

HTPC
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E7600 @ 3.06 3.07
Ram 2.00GB
Windows 7
Gigabyte EP35C DS3R Motherboard
Nvidia GForce 9500GT
Receiver Kenwood KRF-V5100D

 :'(

fitbrit:
What format of music do you guys play? mp3, flac, etc.?
What kind of speakers do you have, and how many?
Subwoofer?
Some of the surround modes from a receiver aren't the best for music, but work well for movies. SPDIF shouldn't be the problem.

maid:
Mp3  5.1 Kenwood with sub woofer.

jmone:

--- Quote from: fitbrit on November 11, 2011, 07:29:12 pm ---SPDIF shouldn't be the problem.

--- End quote ---

SPDIF will be an issue if you want Multi Channel HD Audio (either decoded or bitstreamed) as this connection type is limited to a max of 2ch PCM for decoded audio or 5.1 DTS/DD for bitstreaming.  So to expand of fitbrit's questions, do you play anything with Multi Channel HD Audio (typically from Blu-ray discs, files or rips but I do have some HD Multi Channel FLAC as well)?

maid:
If I knew what Multi channel HD audio was I could tell you. We mainly play dvd rips in MKV DTS. No Bluray discs

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