Audio Hunt continued.

Saturday morning I opened all the boxes, and located the speakers, amplifier, speaker stand, and DVD player where they will be installed. I didnt wire them yet since i had to do some errands at the megamall.

I came back from the Mall before lunch with a brand new Sony Microphone. I asked for the latest and best Sony microphone that the SM appliance center has at the basement. Earlier, i went to an audiophile store and asked for a microphone, i shown a Sennheiser Microphone that costs 7 thou ++, and it was a lowend model at that. That's why I went to Shoe mart and looked for a good old Sony Mic. By the way i passed by the HMR surplus in Mandaluyong (pioneer street i think) just to see if I can find some second hand items i can buy, (audio cabinet, speaker stand, microphone stand). No luck. I used to find good quality speaker cables and 2nd hand but sturdy speaker stands there. I found a small table top microphone holder though.

I spent the rest of the Saturday afternoon, installing the equipment.
Center speaker have to be on top of the TV or right below it.
Each of the two Tall Main Front Speakers, i located about 3.5 feet on the side of the TV and about 2 feet inwards. This is about 2.5 feet in front of the foot of the bed.
The two Rear speakers on their stands, i located in line with the head of the bed but also directly aligned with the two Main Front speakers.

By 5 PM. I had the things installed to my satisfaction and clicked on the power switch. First i tried a Nora Jones CD. Wow.
I was immediately blown away by the clarity and depth of the audio experience. If you have heard Nora Jones' full and warm voice you know what I mean. The sound field totally and completely engulfed me. I was using an old Daichi Subwoofer but the rich bass permeated the whole room. The Surround speakers made me feel as if Nora was right there in the room. When she belted, Come Away With me in the night, I nearly did.

Next i turned on the TV, and tried the Dinosaur DVD. I shifted through the various effects,

Dolby Surround (original analog effects wich enhances moving sound effects and directionality),

- 2 main left and right stereo channel
- a center mono channel
- a rear mono channel for special sound effects.

Dolby Digital (5.1) (a digital surround sound system that gives you completely independet multi-channel audio).

- 3 front channels (left, center and right)
- 2 rear stereo channels
- an additional LFE low frequency channel for bass

Dolby Pro Logic II an improved technique used to decode vast numbers of existing Dolby surround Software

DTS (Digital Theater Systems) Digital Surround was developed to replace the old analog soundtrack of movies with a 6 channel digital soundtrack now rapidly gaining popularity in movie theaters around the world.

NEO-6 - this decoder converts a conventional 2-channel source for 6 channel play back thereby providing for higher separation just like in the digital discrete signal playback. A music mode and a cinema mode is available.

CINEMA DSP . YAMAHA DSP uses technology to combine Dolby Prologid, Dolby Digital and DTS systems to provide the visual and audio experience of movie theaters in the listening room of our homes.

SILENT CINEMA - its basically CINEMA DSP converted for head phone use.

Finally, I inserted the sony mic into the DVD player, loaded a Carole King VCD karaoke disk and tested the mic. It didnt work at first, until consulting the manual, i realized that using a coaxial cable for the DVD player to amplifier connection requires that a coaxial cable also be used for the TV to DVD or TV to AMPlifier connection. The TV did not have Coaxial inputs so i shifted down to conventional left and right jacks and voild "hello Mike , Tess reververated inside the room.

I have to to leave the house by this time to watch Diana Keaton in "somethings gotta give". (hey, the 76th oscars will sweep through a billion viewers tonight)

:: Bing Sunday, February 29, 2004 [+] ::
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