I recently swapped out my old home cinema audio system (a Yamaha DSP-E800 and a Denon stereo receiver) connected via USB DAC and 6 channel analog for an Onkyo TX-SR605 which has HDMI audio connections. In most ways this was an instant upgrade but one issue really frustrated me — volume…
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2Designing a Home Theatre Room & Lounge
I have been looking to design a new home theatre room, and researching this topic has led me to a few preliminary conclusions. First of all, there are lots of different ideas out there about home cinema room shapes!
5Upgrading an original Arcam Alpha
Background
This old stalwart dates back in design to about 1989 and I believe mine was made in 1991. The Arcam Alpha uses one of the first DAC chips around, the famous TDA1541(A). Here’s a good page dedicated to players featuring this chip: Lampizator guy. The author of that site is famous in DIY circles but misses a few important tricks when modifying CD players.… Read Full Article
0Getting high end sound from your PC
For many people, there’s either sound or no sound, the quality doesn’t really come into it. For others, specification and bragging rights rule: bit-rates, sampling frequencies, bandwidth, power handling. For many a simple set of pc speakers will do very nicely, especially if there are 6 or more of them (more is better, right?) But what do you do if you want awesome sound from your computer? What do you do if you are an audiophile on a budget? What if you play games and want surround sound but play music through the same system? There are many choices and this could get very expensive and complex, but it doesn’t have to.
2NeoDigits / Helios Network Media Players
I recently had cause to resurrect my old NeoDigits Helios X3000 network media player, and noticed that Helios have deceased. Sadly this means links to their software and firmware are no longer available. Thanks to Ravi Srivastava and Sean on myce I was able to find alternative links, although as of December 2012 these are no longer active either. Fortunately I grabbed everything whilst I still could.
“Hi James I realise it has been a long while, but I just checked this on windows 11 (build 23H2)…”