Jag of the Bailey
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In reverse, yes only front heights for Atmos 5.1.2 and for for the 390 5.1.4 I think you would have to do LCR and 2 heights from PA and 2 heights and surrounds from 390
Spot on.
In reverse, yes only front heights for Atmos 5.1.2 and for for the 390 5.1.4 I think you would have to do LCR and 2 heights from PA and 2 heights and surrounds from 390
If Samsung done AV amps, these companies would be gone tomorrow. As they would work and not be silly money.
Morning gents, hope all are well.
I'm looking at a new AVR to be used as a processor and the 390 is at the top of my list for the purpose of Dirac.
Are the 390/550 exactly the same besides from the power produced by the internal amps?
And are the internal amps on either the 390/550 assignable to the Atmos speakers??
Anything I should be aware of ?
The 550 and 850 have a toroidal psu. The 850 has gold plated binding posts.Morning gents, hope all are well.
I'm looking at a new AVR to be used as a processor and the 390 is at the top of my list for the purpose of Dirac.
Are the 390/550 exactly the same besides from the power produced by the internal amps?
And are the internal amps on either the 390/550 assignable to the Atmos speakers??
Anything I should be aware of ?
That's a very nice stereo amp. So you can only assign channels 6&7 but all pre out are live. So you could use the 2170 for L&R, the 390 for the surrounds and a 5 channel power amp for the centre and 4 Atmos channels.Might be interested in this unit for a potential garage conversion I've been planning for the past 5 years
A quick question, re running 7.1.4, I have a Lyngdorf TDAI-2170 Stereo Amp
Could I use this to power the L & R and only need a 3 Channel Amp to power the C & Heights?
Are you using the latest version of Dirac v1.2.2, I believe there is a issue with it and Windows 10.I have to say I'm getting a little bit more than peeved with my amp.
In particular, seting up direc properly with the POS USB and mic they give you.
I ended up, after p;ssing around with it for a day desoldering the 3.5mm female jack from the USB dognel (yes I meant to spell it like that), cutting the 3.5mm plug off the mic and soldering it direct to the little board.
Still no joy. Too bloody quiet to set the levels correct in Dirac.
I have been in contact with Arcam and they have kindly sent me a new USB dognel and a new mic but these are even worse! I get no sound at all unless I hold the mic plug in the USB 3.5mm socket.
Even when I do and I follow the manual to turn off AGC in the properties of the mic, it's no where near sensitive enough - tapping on the mic itself makes the little green bar chart bounce half way.
I never had any of these issues with my Pioneer.
The random "going onto standby" is beginning to wear thin too.
if you are thinking of buying this amp then PLEASE just budget an extra £80-£130 for either your dealer to set it up or for a UMIK-1 or XTZ Mic Pro because the stuff you get in the box is shyte.
Can anyone confirm they've had suitable success with the USB dognel and Windows 10?
Are you using the latest version of Dirac v1.2.2, I believe there is a issue with it and Windows 10.
Yeah I soon found that out. You get errors after you've done the measurements.
It's the microphone hardware they supply that's the problem. Cheap crap - I would be surprised if Arcam paid more than 90p for them - and I'm not exaggerating.
This mic doesn't even work properly if I plug it straight into my sound card.
Guess that's all we can ask for at this time, but pretty much what I expected.Thank you for your email. We have done some limited testing on Dolby vision and it appeared to work, although we admittedly have not done a great deal of testing so there may be issues that we have not encountered. It really is a case of watch this space, although results have been hopeful so far.
Same here. I got the UMIK-1 so I could use it for room measurements as well as Dirac. So the original mic is in its bag, sealed, unused. Couldn't possibly comment on how good or bad it is, with the exception of one thing: dealers are expected to use a calibrated professional measurement mic such as the XTC (thingybobinsertmodelcodehere) when they perform an install. Apart from the obvious argument of increased cost, I'm not sure why a pro mic isn't included in the box. I'm sure Anthem are baffled too when they look at their competition.
You'd have to spend over three grand for a Anthem MRX 720 AV Amplifier to get 7 channels of amplificationAs I'm considering sending this thing back, do anthem do an equivalent to the 390?
You'd have to spend over three grand for a Anthem MRX 720 AV Amplifier to get 7 channels of amplification