marcaaron22
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Could not find an owners thread post for the new Pioneer VSX-2021 so I thought I'd start the thread going..
I too am looking for the midnight mode or 'DRC'
Hi - mind sharing how you managed to get sky hd and audio over optical playing together - I feel like I have tried everything and I can't get it to work - luckily I have an old sky HD+ box with component outputs so can use that but I would like to up-grade to the 1TB sky+hd box if I can work out how to get HDMI+Optical working together.Hi, first time poster here too, thought I'd join up after lurking for years to add a bit of support to this owners thread!
The 2021 is my first av amp so nothing to compare it with from before, but *I have it connected to kef 3005 'egg' speakers with wireless sub and it sounds like a dream.
Current inputs are Xbox, sky hd, htpc and ps3, and they're all functioning as I'd expect. It took me a while to figure out how to get sky hd picture over HDMI and audio over optical but got it working in the end.
I also have pioneers iPad app but I find it very flaky - great when it works but I seem to lose connectivity about every 30 mins and the app can no longer detect the 2021.
Anyway, to sum up I'm very impressed so far!
Hi - mind sharing how you managed to get sky hd and audio over optical playing together - I feel like I have tried everything and I can't get it to work - luckily I have an old sky HD+ box with component outputs so can use that but I would like to up-grade to the 1TB sky+hd box if I can work out how to get HDMI+Optical working together.
Cheers
ScaryFatKidGT said:So is the 2021 just a 1021 with an extra output?
And analog out
Hello Everyone, I also have one of these AMPS which I bought to replace my All-In-one-setup and HDMI switch. So I'm also intending on replacing the majoroty of my existing surround speakers
I currently have two great current front DynAudio Contour 1.1 although I daftly didn't relaise that these were 4 Ohm - Der! my excuse is that I bought them over ten years ago now. I'm concerned that they might overload AMP which is rated as minimum of 6 Ohm.
So does anyone drive 4 Ohm speakers using this amp?
I'm unsure whether to keep these as my existing front and buy better quality rears, centre and sub or replace the lot with a new surround setup (and possibly sell the DynAdios)
So, what speakers setups are people using? I have a budget of <£1500 excluding speakers connects. I would appreciate some input and recommendations. Currently looking at getting DALI ZENSOR 5 5.1 Speakers package? Although also like the idea of the DALI ZENSOR 7 5.1 package (although these have a stated impedance of 5 Ohm so back to the original issue!) Any thoughts? Comments? Recommendations?
I play a mix of music, games and TV, but mainly TV sports and movies.
Many Thanks for any input.