RE: OT: Marantz4200+EltaxLiberty5 ?

["Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>]

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Peter Heath [mailto:PH236@xxxxxxx]
  Sent: 24 January 2003 12:02
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Marantz4200+EltaxLiberty5 ?


  sorry to but in on this but can someone tell me how to get of this
mailing
  list. its overloading my inbox. thanks for any help
    -----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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