Audio Compression Setting???

[IOWADISHDUDE]

Messing around in the set-up area, came across the audio compression settings.

What is this? The choices are heavy, light/hi-fi, or none.

Did a search on this site for assistance, but nothing popped up right away.

Thanx for the input!


Dave

PS - Should the "Report Back" work when you push the start button? Mine says "2nd attempt failed" (phone line is hooked up)

 

[DarrellP]

None passes the audio through as it receives it with full dynamic range, heavy makes it less dynamic (compressed) so there is less of a difference between the soft dialogue and booming explosions, also called "Midnight Mode" on a receiver (also referred to as Marriage Saver).

 

[IOWADISHDUDE]

Thank you!

 

[DarrellP]

You're welcome. Regarding the Phone out, I tried mine and it took a few attempts to get a connection. There was a thread elsewhere that discussed this and they came to the conclusion that the modem is timing out before the other end picks up if they are really busy.

 

[jimmykce1]

thanks for the information DarrellP. I felt mine at the orginal setting which is highly compressed. So I guess I need to change it to fully dynamic (no compression).

 

[DarrellP]

You should notice a huge jump in dynamic range when you change it to None. Much more Boom-Boom.

 

[jimmykce1]

I turned off my compression and man my system sounded a lot better. Thanks for the tip about that setting darrellp.

VOOMING & BOOMING NOW!!!

 

[DarrellP]

I turned off my compression and man my system sounded a lot better. Thanks for the tip about that setting darrellp.

VOOMING & BOOMING NOW!!!

Glad to hear it! No pun intended.

 

[Ferdy]

Here's an observation that I've made regarding the audio compression settings; please confirm if this is your experience--

The settings seem to only effect the ANALOG outputs of the receiver----digital outputs seem to stay unchanged. I have analog L and R RCA connections going to the audio inputs on my set so that I can hear the audio if I don't want to fire up my Sony Surround Sound receiver. The digital output that I use for my Sony is the optical one---haven't tried the coax digital for comparison--

Anyway, switching between compressed and not compressed brings a large change in the analog sound coming from the TV---but doesn't seem to change anything in the digital optical output---

Ferdy

 

[jimmykce1]

I am using a Sony ES receiver with an optical for sound and did notice a difference when I went to no compression.

 

[Ferdy]

testing control