29-May-2016, 16:03
(29-May-2016, 00:03)GTX Wrote: First evening trying phantom as home cinema speakers. Simple setup composed of a Panasonic viera plasma TV 60" streaming Netflix (wireless connection). TV optical out into one the 2 phantoms silver (software 1.7.1). Dialogue 2 floors away connected to apple router. Phantoms' network connection is PCM. Room 7m x 4m, TV/Phantoms placed on the long side, 3m apart and 3m from listening position (10° toe-in).
The good: latency has almost disappeared vs last time I tried a couple of months ago. Very clear soundstage. Clear, well defined voices. Good bass.
The question: to get decent volume I am running the Phantoms @95 volume level!
With music 95 would make the house rattle, why is it that the sound level is so low? Am I doing anything wrong?
Any other advice to improve the sound quality of this setup?
Check your Panasonic manual for control of the ARC (audio return channel) and the role of the HDMI controls. There is a lot of cross reference discussions on the AV chats on this topic.
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