Does your BDs/DVDs sounds better than your CDs on your HT?

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by Johk

Are you playing your CDs through your PS3?

On my part, I don't really like how stereo music (CDs and mp3) is handled by the PS3 via HDMI, it seems like it always outputs on all channels (with the other channels blank except for the L/R front, refer to this thread on AVS). It prevents from using the subwoofer to handle bass duties on stereo tracks.

Right now to play CDs/digital music, I stream it with an airport express (since I don't have a dedicated CD player in my setup). It works really nice and I can use the sub and it has all the "ummpp" you want (depending on the track of course!).

I've never had an issue with the PS3 flagging more than a 2 channel source for CDs or SACDs. I'm not sure why you're encountering that issue.

As for the original poster, I'm assuming you used YPAO to setup your system? Ideally, you should have your main speakers set to small, have the crossover set at 80 Hz, and obviously have your sub handle all bass signals. One thing to keep in mind with the YPAO system is that it has difficulty with picking up bass response below around 40 Hz. I would suggest using a sound decibel meter to properly set up your subwoofer. I use YPAO for my original setup, and then I follow with a Radio Shack meter for fine tuning. While using the meter I add around 4 decibels to the subwoofer level to compensate for the meter's lower bass dropoff. Doing that helps restore bass information to the bottom end without having the presentation end up bloated or artificial sounding. It makes a big difference.