Do you have a decoder?

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Posted by colinhester [ 65.186.5.10 ] on February 23, 2005 at 18:56:47:

In Reply to: A couple of general Home Theater questions if I may... posted by Mr Vinyl on February 23, 2005 at 17:11:47:

You need some kind of decoer to send the unique signals to each amp. Do you have a 5.1 or 7.1 preamp/decoder? If not these can be picked up pretty cheap at the usual consumer electronic stores. Look for one with pre-outs - this way you can use your own amps. Yamaha makes a really nice one for less than $400 The surround speakers should not make that much of a difference if they are not the same. I would try running w/o center channel just to see if you like it. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people that prefer phantom center.....Colin


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