Do these speakers decode Dolby or DTS signals and play balanced through 2 speakers? I plan to connect these to the optical out of my Samsung TV.
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I use my Yumi set with my Apple TV and there's no problem when I watch movies encoded in Dolby 5.1. I use optical out from my Apple TV.
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Yes, and the equalizer and Left-Right balance settings on the TV also are passed on to the external speakers. This can be a bit of problem, though, if you sometimes use the internal speakers, and sometimes external speakers, since they don't have separate settings. I find I have to turn the bass way up and treble way down to make the internal speakers tolerable, but then need to change back to more normal settings when using my decent external 2.1 speakers.
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Not sure. I'm using optical through my surround sound system and its phenomenal.
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OK, I am still confused. I have an older Technics SA-DX940 with optical inputs and DOlby Digital and DTS. So am I OK with the DMP-BD35?
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All speakers will play for both, only true surround sound when plugged in TV... and i don't know what they are talking about, this system is wonderful! if you have any questions about it keep posting them, and i'll answer them. I have the system myself and i love it!
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Secondary audio settings will only effect the audio over HDMI. It should be turned off so audio bandwidth can be freed up for the lossless audio codecs. With standard DD and DTS over optical it should not have any effect.
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Not 100% sure but I don't think they are built to accept a direct optical input. Maybe their is a gender changer that allows it, but it would change it back to the RCA jacks with no enhancement.
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Not 100% sure. I did have to calibrate surround sound on these which i didn't have to with the other ones in my home.
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They are the best possibility in a price-performance relation. They were not intended as a part of a surround system of any kind, just a pair of fair stereo speakers, but they perform excellent and their sound is superb. I would strongly recommend them for your TV sound system.
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Dario, Sorry, but the answer is no. I just bought the BD35 and was VERY dissapointed to discover that the Dolby and DTS HD audio formats are not supported at the optical output. This is not at all clear until you look at the chart on page 8 of the BD35/BD55 manual. Dolby-EX and DTS-ES make it through, but Dolby-TrueHD, DTS-HD, and DTS-HD Master Audio do not.
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You must have a very late model, higher-end receiver with HDMI 1.3a to decode these new audio formats. Otherwise, via the optical port, you will continue to get regular DD or DTS.
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I connect them through a home theater receiver/amplifier! After having them for several years, they are OK for the money but can be a little bassy for my taste.
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Same TV, same problem. I called Samsung and basically they didn't make their TV able to be listened to with both sets of speakers at the same time. Go figure. They should say that on the box then because that's insane.
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Thanks, Rushead. Excellent explanation. I'm concluding that if I go with the BD55, I can use its 7.1 audio outputs with the 7.1 audio inputs on my Pioneer 1015. Might be the best way to go, since I'm sensing the Dolby TrueHD and DTS might be significantly better than regular DD and DTS in 5.1.
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yes they do. you just might need to assign them manually through settings options as the active speakers. that is what happened to me, they didn't work immediately as a plug and play. I had to manually assign them.
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It passes the audio to the speakers, not the TV, so you don't need any optical connections to the TV.Also, it won't decode any of the HD audio codecs from your BluRay or HD-DVD player, but it will accept the signal and pass it to the speakers. If your component doesn't have the option to convert the HDMI HD audio, then this receiver will down sample to Dolby Digital/DTS and pump it to the speakers,
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Yes. From the technical details: Built In Decoder: Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Digital, DTS decoder