lummy 4 #1 May 23, 2002 On a whim toniteand the fact that I got a really good deal, I bough a 6 month old RCA home theatre system. I was really interrested in the speakers for a good price but since it's a package deal, I took all of it. The problem is that I already own a good Kenwood receiver although it's about 5 years old (K-RV 6070). The biggest difference I can notice without doing a sound comparison is Dolby Digital. Here's the dilemna, which do I keep? The newer one with the newer fancier features? OR the older and more than likely better sounding Kenwood?What would you do? One shot... HEY!!! Mas Tequila!!!! Two Shots HEY HEY!!!! Three Shots....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 May 23, 2002 Personally, I would sale the entire lot for jump tickets, but that's just me...AerialsSo up highWhen you free your lives (the) eternal prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #3 May 23, 2002 I've got a Kenwood 106 VR which is also a bit older, but not as old as yours. It doesn't do Dolby Digital, but does to Prologic. It also puts out 120 watts for each of those 5 channels.... The sound is absolutely sweet. I've got good speakers, and I really could not complain about the rich sound i get from it.That said, I would LOVE to upgrade it to one that supports Dolby Digital. All the movies have Dolby, only some have prologic. It makes SUCH a difference. I hate it when I go buy a DVD and discover after the fact it doesn't do prologic...Notwithstanding the sound test, I'd put my money on the Dolby._AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #4 May 23, 2002 hmmmm.... the Kenwood has the Dolby Surround and Pro Logic labels.... The RCA has only the Dolby Digital label... Oh wait.. I get what you are saying, All movies will be Dolby Digital.. It's late, I'm tired...One shot... HEY!!! Mas Tequila!!!! Two Shots HEY HEY!!!! Three Shots....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #5 May 23, 2002 The only thing I know about audio components is that Solid-State amps suck ass. Tubes rule! Unfortunately, they are considerably more expensive. While I'm at it...CD's suck too (but not so much as to be intolerable). FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #6 May 23, 2002 They should release more music on DVD - 5.1 sound kicks ass !! There's no tomorrow - you ain't gonna live it for me - The Offspring Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #7 May 23, 2002 >What would you do? I'd keep the best sounding one where I listen to music most, and use the other one in another room. You really want the kids to have a decent stereo to listen to Veggie Tales on, dontcha? pull & flare,lisa"Try not. Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda sez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #8 May 23, 2002 Quotethe Kenwood has the Dolby Surround and Pro Logic labels.... The RCA has only the Dolby Digital label... Keep the Kenwood in your Home Theater, attach the RCA to your computer..... _AmICQ: 5578907MSN Messenger: andrewdmetcalfe at hotmail dot com AIM: andrewdmetcalfeYahoo IM: ametcalf_1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattwhoo 0 #9 May 23, 2002 Ok here is the difference between Dolby prologic and Dolby Digital. No DVD or VHS tape really supports prologic. Prologic basicly take a stereo signal and creates the 4 diferent chaneles. left front center right front and a mono rear channel. So any video or dvd that is recorded in stereo will work just fine. Dolby digital on the other hand actually has separate audio tracks encoded for each of the speakers so the movie producers have a much better control of the sound. Most of the new dvd's will be in dolby digital but also note that any receiver that is capable of doing dolby digital is able to do dolby prologic for backwards compatibly for dvd's or videos that do not have the dolby digital encoding. There is also a special connection for the digital sound connection on the receiver if you do not connect that you will never get digital sound. This is a basic explanation for more info i would go to http://www.dolby.com they are the people who licence the technology to all the people who make receivers.Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #10 May 23, 2002 QuoteWhat would you do?I would take this opportunity to say hi to my friend Lummy! Hi Lummy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #11 May 23, 2002 QuoteI would take this opportunity to say hi to my friend Lummy! Hi Lummy! Gonna make the top 10 by the end of the day? --Give them a sip of the darkside, and they just thirst for more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #12 May 23, 2002 QuoteGonna make the top 10 by the end of the day?I think I might. I am closing in on JFields as I type this! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #13 May 23, 2002 getting the thread BACK on track......Ahh... but I already have the sound output from the computer running into the Kenwood. MP3's sound sooo sweet. My next dealie Bob will be to run Computer video back to the TV as soon as I find a decent Video capture card .Sorry Lis, no Veggie Tales in this house :) It's Power puff girls and Sponge Bob when we can pry the sega controller out of my son's handsThanks Matt, I'll take a look at Dolby's site. Anybody Else? One shot... HEY!!! Mas Tequila!!!! Two Shots HEY HEY!!!! Three Shots....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
