Hi everyone,
Received my first Surround Master a few weeks ago and am having issues with the way I’ve got it set up, hopefully some folks on here who know a lot more than me can help me out.
Since the receiver in my main 5.1 listening area, a Yamaha RX-V377 does not have MCH inputs, I purchased a very cheap mid 2000s Sony AV receiver from a pawn shop and decided to make a dedicated setup for the SM.
As this was a pawn shop purchase, it unfortunately came as is, with no remote, setup microphone, etc.
I believe the issue I’m having is that the speaker levels on the Sony receiver are not calibrated as what I’m hearing with the SM’s Involve mode engaged sounds like something that Dolby PLII would produce, certainly not what I was expecting from reading about what the SM has done for others on this forum.
My question is this:
Should I bother with trying to find a third party remote and setup mic for the Sony receiver or try and find a receiver to replace the one in my main 5.1 area that can do both? Last time I was in my local pawn shop I saw a pretty nice Marantz AV receiver that has both HDMI and MCH inputs which would solve my problem and I’d be able to integrate the SM into my main listening room, which sounds much better.
Apologies for the long-winded explanation, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Received my first Surround Master a few weeks ago and am having issues with the way I’ve got it set up, hopefully some folks on here who know a lot more than me can help me out.
Since the receiver in my main 5.1 listening area, a Yamaha RX-V377 does not have MCH inputs, I purchased a very cheap mid 2000s Sony AV receiver from a pawn shop and decided to make a dedicated setup for the SM.
As this was a pawn shop purchase, it unfortunately came as is, with no remote, setup microphone, etc.
I believe the issue I’m having is that the speaker levels on the Sony receiver are not calibrated as what I’m hearing with the SM’s Involve mode engaged sounds like something that Dolby PLII would produce, certainly not what I was expecting from reading about what the SM has done for others on this forum.
My question is this:
Should I bother with trying to find a third party remote and setup mic for the Sony receiver or try and find a receiver to replace the one in my main 5.1 area that can do both? Last time I was in my local pawn shop I saw a pretty nice Marantz AV receiver that has both HDMI and MCH inputs which would solve my problem and I’d be able to integrate the SM into my main listening room, which sounds much better.
Apologies for the long-winded explanation, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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