very newbish question

[nothing.sound]

I have the yamaha rxv663 receiver. I usually leave it on surround decoder when watching a blu. But sometimes I switch it to straight. What's the difference if any? thanks

[langn08]

Originally Posted by nothing.sound

I have the yamaha rxv663 receiver. I usually leave it on surround decoder when watching a blu. But sometimes I switch it to straight. What's the difference if any? thanks

does your Yammy read PCM on your receiver when playing a blu with the PS3 in decode mode? Do you have your PS3 set to linear PCM?

[callas01]

I am not familiar with Yamahas language, but it sounds as if surround decoder might be a matrixing mode that channels surround sound to the rear unused speakers, for instance if the movie was recorded in 5.1 but you have 6.1 or 7.1, you can get sound to the 6th & 7th speakers even though the movie doesn't support those extra speakers.

Straight may just be the listening mode for a movie recorded in 5.1 playing in 5.1.

Once again, I am not familiar with Yamaha lingo, but that is what it sounds like to me.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by callas01

I am not familiar with Yamahas language, but it sounds as if surround decoder might be a matrixing mode that channels surround sound to the rear unused speakers, for instance if the movie was recorded in 5.1 but you have 6.1 or 7.1, you can get sound to the 6th & 7th speakers even though the movie doesn't support those extra speakers.

Straight may just be the listening mode for a movie recorded in 5.1 playing in 5.1.

Once again, I am not familiar with Yamaha lingo, but that is what it sounds like to me.

"Straight" may also be the same as "Pure Audio" on the Onks where no post-processing is applied. You may want to double-check the old manual.

[Another_Dude]

You might try asking over in this thread:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=37929

That's the official 663 thread and I bet someone can help you out.

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by nothing.sound

I have the yamaha rxv663 receiver. I usually leave it on surround decoder when watching a blu. But sometimes I switch it to straight. What's the difference if any? thanks

On the RX-V663 when you select"straight mode" you are getting the the best possible sound without any processing at all...

[nothing.sound]

ok thanks alot guys. I had been using surround decode but I guess I'll use staright from now on. I thought surround decoder would mean that it would automatically pick up whatever soundtrack i selected. Thanks again