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In the Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat?

Post Subject: Audio and video separate or combined?Posted by JJ Triode on: 9/11/2016

I think you will only be able to decide about this after listening to some operas or other video-audio through the big system. The analog output of the video player may be good enough for the purpose, or it may sound terrible through the Milqs/Macondo, like playing an MP3 through them. In the latter case, one compromise to try would be taking a digital audio output from the video player (if it can provide one) and running it to one of your good DACs, then to the preamp as an analog signal. That might sound significantly better.

As a separate system, I am surprised you mention something like Dunlavys--what happened to Cetla Ledom 91?

In my house I have a separate, quite primitive audio support for video, but that is mainly because our layout and lifestyle dictate having video in a different room from the "serious" music system. Also, having "too good" sound with movies might be a distraction from their cinematic content (we do not have any opera videos) and the sight of even a not-turned-on video screen would be an aesthetic annoyance and distraction from "real" music, at least for me. I can understand the latter might be a non-issue for others, good for them.

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