RE: OT: Marantz4200+EltaxLiberty5 ?

["Peter Heath" <PH236@xxxxxxx>]

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Marcus Warrington [mailto:marcusw@xxxxxxx]
  Sent: 24 January 2003 11:56
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Marantz4200+EltaxLiberty5 ?


  On boxing day I wet to RicherSounds and spent all my Christmas money
on a
  surround sound amp and speakers ? I went for a Marantz 4200 mainly
because
  it had 4 Digital inputs and did Dolby Prologic, which means I can
make use
  of the amp (surround sound) for TiVo's analogue stereo
recordings.

  I also bought a set of Eltax Liberty 5 speakers, 2 floor standing
fronts,
  Centre and 2 BiPolar rears... but no Sub Woofer.

  http://www.richersounds.co.uk/index.php?f=itemdetl.php&p=205791

  Having set the system up and listening via Dolby2 (ie.
stereo->surround) I
  find the centre speaker can tend to be very bassy on some
dialogue
(noticed
  this when watching XFiles...) or sometimes a bit harsh on vocals..
is this
a
  "feature" of Dolby2 processing or is the speaker not
matched to my
  expectations ? RicherSounds suggested "reversing the
polarity" to reduce
the
  bass ?

  I currently have the Fronts set to "large" and the rears
set to "small",
  I've changed the centre between "Small" and
"Large" but can't really tell
  any difference. I've also tried turning on/off "Subwoofer"
(even though I
  don't have one) to try and see if it effects the quality of the
centre.
Can
  anyone explain what the amp is actually doing when I set things
to
  "Large/Small" ?

  I also find that although the speakers can give bass you can feel at
high
  volume, at normal (i.e. SWMBO ) listening volume I'm not feeling
explosions
  etc so I guess a Subwoofer is needed. What should I look for in
a
  Subwoofer.. is it better to have a narrow lower frequency band
(35-150) or
a
  broader band (45-250) ?

  Is this Gale SW OK ?
  http://www.richersounds.co.uk/index.php?f=itemdetl.php&p=201474

  I'm also considering changing the speakers for a Sat/Sub combination
that
  would allow better speaker placement in our TV room.
  Some things like
  http://www.richersounds.co.uk/index.php?f=itemdetl.php&p=205861
  except it includes 6 inputs and its own amp.. would this be a
problem ?

  Any comments/help/advice ?

  I'm speaking to RS later today with a view to changing the amp for a
4300
  (which has 6 inputs.. for SACD, and 6.1 decoding), and adding a
subwoofer.

  Marcus


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