might

does receiver even have hdmi passthrough? cuz you could just plug everything to receiver first?

it doesn't do 4k he said

fuck then hes going to need hdmi switch with audio extraction

like so

https://www.amazon.com/Switch-FosPower-Extractor-Converter-Optical/dp/B017MUWYLS

or new receiver

This post was edited by yupitsmeh on Jan 6 2017 05:40pm

Interesting. Might try that. But still not sure because optical should be functioning at the very least.

This receiver is decent, but it's a special model for Best Buy. Identical to another model that was more expensive, but this one was put out so Best Buy could sell at a lower price without competing with other resellers.

I'm trying to talk my dad into selling the speakers and going for a wireless setup. His current speakers are great (keg q series tower speakers and bookshelves to make 6.1), but they're too big for the room. When we got the stuff originally I didn't think about speaker size to room size. Big speakers need to play louder to be appreciated, otherwise they are at too low threshold to put out quality detail.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Jan 6 2017 05:45pm

yeah I'd be testing that on receiver and tv with anything that has optical i/o in my house

I dont agree on this

and wireless you will lose audio quality depending on how what its implemented

This post was edited by yupitsmeh on Jan 6 2017 05:50pm

Wireless speakers are bad unless you go for something like Kef LS50 and they will cost quite a bit.

There is no thing as too big speakers for room, there is volume control for a reason. The speakers will sound just as good on low volume as higher volume. It is the human hearing that is limited, at lower volume your ears will be more sensitive to other frequencies than others and this is the reason it sounds different on low volume. At high volume your ears will pick the sounds more evenly and makes it sound different again. Moving to smaller speakers will just make it sound thin, not better.

Large speakers are physically built larger. The actual sound-making components are bigger. The only exception may be the tweeter. For mids and lows especially, larger speakers don't play as well at low sound levels. This is a characteristic you'll notice (or not, apparently...) if you pair a consumer-grade amplifier with the speakers. It's almost impossible to adequately power large consumer-level speakers with a consumer-level amplifier, and get excellent sound at low sound output.

On the flip side, take something like a very small well-built speaker, that doesn't require as much amp power. At lower levels of sound output, you'll get a better range of sound output.

This is to do with how they're built physically, and the power output needed by the amp.