SayItLouder
Novice Member
Hello all
So I've managed to put together most of a home cinema. We've redecorated, built seating from reclaimed real cinema chairs, redone the lighting, mounted a projector to the ceiling and so on.
I've currently hooked the xbox up to the projector via a 10m HDMI cable. It all runs fine, the screen is super crisp and the small internal speakers on the projector play sound. All seems well here.
The problem kicks in when the red and white cables 10m go from the projector to the woofer and then out to their respective speakers, (5 - LR, LF, CEN, RF, RR). Rear are by 3m cables with a 2m extension. Cen is 1m, Front speakers are 2m.
I notice if even a 2m extension cable is used, the sound significantly drops in volume. The volume is also greatly reduced just reaching the woofer initially too.
I have tried just cranking up the volume to resolve this, but even maxing out the volume it's not particularly loud, and it results in a loud hum coming from the speakers during any quiet movie scenes. Very off-putting.
The speakers/woofer themselves are being sent back for a few reasons:
1) A dial snapped off (literally snapped) when I was cycling through the options so they seem cheap
2) I probably need better and louder speakers anyway given that even when playing FM radio or just music from a USB they weren't exactly bringing they house down
3) The above problem, as far as I know, could be speaker related - so better speakers are an elimination test and they're going back due to conditions 1 and 2 anyway
Would anyone be able to assist though? Is cable length that big of an issue? Do I need an amp?
So I've managed to put together most of a home cinema. We've redecorated, built seating from reclaimed real cinema chairs, redone the lighting, mounted a projector to the ceiling and so on.
I've currently hooked the xbox up to the projector via a 10m HDMI cable. It all runs fine, the screen is super crisp and the small internal speakers on the projector play sound. All seems well here.
The problem kicks in when the red and white cables 10m go from the projector to the woofer and then out to their respective speakers, (5 - LR, LF, CEN, RF, RR). Rear are by 3m cables with a 2m extension. Cen is 1m, Front speakers are 2m.
I notice if even a 2m extension cable is used, the sound significantly drops in volume. The volume is also greatly reduced just reaching the woofer initially too.
I have tried just cranking up the volume to resolve this, but even maxing out the volume it's not particularly loud, and it results in a loud hum coming from the speakers during any quiet movie scenes. Very off-putting.
The speakers/woofer themselves are being sent back for a few reasons:
1) A dial snapped off (literally snapped) when I was cycling through the options so they seem cheap
2) I probably need better and louder speakers anyway given that even when playing FM radio or just music from a USB they weren't exactly bringing they house down
3) The above problem, as far as I know, could be speaker related - so better speakers are an elimination test and they're going back due to conditions 1 and 2 anyway
Would anyone be able to assist though? Is cable length that big of an issue? Do I need an amp?