Onkyo TX-SR805 Receiver Thread

[adamh]

I just got in one today and am eagerly awaiting to set everything up. wondering if anyone uses the bi-amp option? i have the basic 5.1, don't really see the need to upgrade to 7.1 right now. My speakers are klipsch rf-25 series. thanks!!

[DBlackGT]

Yea check out my thread. I just Bi-Amped today. Just click "My Setup" at the bottom of my sig and go to the last page of the thread.

Its an amazing receiver!!!

[adamh]

thanks!!! i will try doing the bi-amp thing. yeah, i have heard great things about the 805. i was thinking recently about going seperates but just dont have the time, money or room for all that now. sounds like the 805 will handle most anything you throw at it, i dont have a dedicated theater room (big den is all) so i think its going to work out nice and with the price of the 805 its just makes all the better.

[acleftguard76]

Wow!...No need to biamp those Klipsch speakers. I have demonstrated these speakers with an iPod and mini cable stripped and split at the end so the pos and neg wires are out and I get great volume. Only biamp if you are interested in having the skin peeled away from your face.

[DBlackGT]

Originally Posted by acleftguard76

Wow!...No need to biamp those Klipsch speakers. I have demonstrated these speakers with an iPod and mini cable stripped and split at the end so the pos and neg wires are out and I get great volume. Only biamp if you are interested in having the skin peeled away from your face.

I think your thinking of bridging my friend. yes technically bi-amping does give you more power but that's not what its for. bi-amping dedicates a separate amp for the highs and lows on your speakers. when bi-amped your highs are clearer and your lows are lower. it just gives you an all around better performance of your speakers.

[adamh]

dblackgt, thanks for the info. yeah, power does not concern me as much as the cleaner sound. its not big deal for to do this anyway since i have extra speaker wire and no need for the extra surrounds.

[adamh]

quick question? im sure this has been addressed on this forum before. i know the onkyo 805 does dolby true hd and dts-master but its not showing up when playing a blu-ray for example the new iron man blu-ray. just says dolby digital. my blu-ray player is the sony BDP-S300 and it has the new firmware that says it added dolby true hd. any ideas?

[DBlackGT]

Originally Posted by adamh

quick question? im sure this has been addressed on this forum before. i know the onkyo 805 does dolby true hd and dts-master but its not showing up when playing a blu-ray for example the new iron man blu-ray. just says dolby digital. my blu-ray player is the sony BDP-S300 and it has the new firmware that says it added dolby true hd. any ideas?

Your player cannot bitstream the HD-Codecs. It will only decode True HD internally and send it via PCM. So unless you have a player that can bitstream the HD-Codecs, you will never see DTS-Master Audio or Dolby True HD light up on your receiver.

[adamh]

thats what i figured, is the sound that much better on a blu-ray player that supports the new codecs, i would imagine so? I have would like to get new one anyway, any recommendations?

[DBlackGT]

Originally Posted by adamh

thats what i figured, is the sound that much better on a blu-ray player that supports the new codecs, i would imagine so? I have would like to get new one anyway, any recommendations?

Well if you can find one a Panasonic BD30 bitstreams all HD-Codecs and its newer version is coming out so you can ge tthem for cheap, however it wont internally decode but it will bitstream. Other than that a Sony S350 or PS3 would be my choice.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by adamh

thats what i figured, is the sound that much better on a blu-ray player that supports the new codecs, i would imagine so? I have would like to get new one anyway, any recommendations?

It won't sound any better than your S300 decoding and sending out as PCM through HDMI.

If you're using HDMI you should set your player's HDMI audio output to PCM and you should notice a remarkable difference.

[DBlackGT]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

It won't sound any better than your S300 decoding and sending out as PCM through HDMI.

If you're using HDMI you should set your player's HDMI audio output to PCM and you should notice a remarkable difference.

Yea but the S300 doesnt do DTS Master Audio, he was asking about a player that does all the new formats. And there is no difference in the player or the receiver doing the decoding. Only difference would be is if the player is doing the decoding and you are using the analog outputs. In this scenario the player is using its DAC's and your not using the better DAC's on your receiver.
But in logic player decoding vs bitstreaming using a HDMI is the exact same.

Read this thread: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=32961

[Tok]

Originally Posted by adamh

quick question? im sure this has been addressed on this forum before. i know the onkyo 805 does dolby true hd and dts-master but its not showing up when playing a blu-ray for example the new iron man blu-ray. just says dolby digital. my blu-ray player is the sony BDP-S300 and it has the new firmware that says it added dolby true hd. any ideas?

Your BD player, the sony BDP-S300, did receive a FW upgrade to decode TrueHD internally. Depending when you bought it, it may already have the latest FW. Just set it to PCM over HDMI and it will decode TrueHD when the selected track is TrueHD. Really there is no advantage of decoding it in the player or receiver. Some may argue it, but the audible difference is nill.

As far as dts-HD MA, the earlier Sonys (minus the PS3) are out of luck like many of the other earlier players.

[adamh]

yep, it got the fw upgrade for true-hd. my onkyo 805 just doesnt say true-hd when playing a true-hd disc but from what im reading its probably still decoding it.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by adamh

yep, it got the fw upgrade for true-hd. my onkyo 805 just doesnt say true-hd when playing a true-hd disc but from what im reading its probably still decoding it.

No it's already being decoded, so it gets PCM.
The receiver will only show TrueHD if it's being sent TrueHD, which requires bitstream through HDMI.

If your receiver currently shows Dolby Digital then you have settings wrong.