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The PVR is a Motorola DCT6416. I've been to the wiki page on how to access the menu and changed some stuff around but not much. |
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ummm its not hard to make a lower end system sound good.
its all in speaker placement at the correct distances and angles in relation to the primary listening position, just as you would with a high end system. the space they occupy is also very important. closed rooms with minimal furniture make achieving the proper sound a lot easier as the sound is more predictable. all common sense. a lot of systems even have auto-calibration that time the speakers so they hit your central point at the right times. i couldnt live without my surround, makes every game and every movie so much more immersive. |
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it's hard/impossible to make lower end systems sound good period. add 6 extra speakers and delay calibrations to the mix and it becomes nearly pointless (with a low to mid range system) imo. fuck, adding a sub properly is a pain in the ass. the ideal system (for me) is a clean pre amp/power amp and 2 good speakers.
here's the comparison: spend 1K on a stereo system. spend 1k on a surround system. compare (double blind, of course). neither will be top of the line, but i would bet the stereo system will give you more satisfaction. i guess the other thing to point out is i listen to music. i place very little value on "emersive" video games (which i usually turn the sound off) or movies. i play video games for gameplay and i watch movies for dialogue/story/visual stimulation not ambient sounds. most movies don't even take advantage of surround sound very well (probably because it's a huge pain in the ass to record and mix). |
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there are PLENTY of sub 500 dollar Home theater in a box systems that sound absolutly outstanding for what they are and what they do.... |
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i also have a pansonic hometheater in a box with auto calibration and thats pretty amazing as well... |
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I think the problem is that a lot of this is very subjective. I have a $500 Sony 6.1 surround sound system set up that makes my small living room sound great to me. with the bass turned up just a enough to get some rumble I can play music that sounds loud but you can easily talk over in a regular voice. for movies or games you can turn it up a little further for a "theater" style experience. honestly who really needs to spend $1000 on a stereo for their apartment? your neighbors would hate you very quickly... on the other hand I'm sure some people that say work in the recording industry would hear my stereo and want to claw out their ears.
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