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Originally Posted by cherno
I am seeing a number of new HTIB from Onkyo coming out. Since I just bought my system and it includes the TX-SR575 receiver. The 575 only includes HDMI Pass through (wish I knew what that meant when I bought it) so I am using a digital optical cable from my PS3 (my only BD player) and HDMI to get picture and sound (this is the correct setup right?).
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Yes.
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Now that 2.30 is out for the PS3 and it supports DTS-HD and TrueHD I am thinking about upgrading to a new receiver. If I do this:
1. I can just go with the HDMI cable from the PS3 to the new reciver and get rid of the optical cable right?
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Again, yes. The HDMI will pass all the audio via bitstream for the AVR to do the decoding.
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2. The new receiver just says it does DD Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD (assuming that means MA also?). What about DTS-EE, DD EX, etc, will those tracks still work?
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All the legacy codecs are also supported.
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3. Can I just swap out the receiver and keep the speakers that came with the 575?
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Again, yes, although over time you may want to upgrade to better speakers. That you can do a little at a time, as your budget allows. My first upgrade as far as speakers is concerned, is the sub. Save till you can afford a good sub, as that makes a world of difference. Then I would look at the front soundstage. Then you can replace your surrounds as you feel you need to.
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The system I bought has a 10" down firing powered sub. The newer HTIB says it has a 230 watt sub (also listed a 10" down firing cone). What the difference and do I care?
I'm not a big audiophile so I don't know that I really care and am pretty happy right now with the 575 but would like to use the 7.1 HD audio tracks that come on my discs if I can (which apparently is impossible through an optical cable)
Thanks!
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Since you didn't specify what the old sub is, I can't realy say. But, for the moment, I wouldn't worry about it. See above
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