Hey audio experts! Decided to treat myself to a new AV receiver, sub and 2 front speakers. I have the following:
- TV is Samsung KS8000 (I think)
- Amp is Onkyo TX-L50
- Amp is Monitor Audio MRW-10
- Front speakers are Monitor Audio Bronze II
Everything sounds great and a huge improvement, I just don't know a lot about audio/visual setups and had a few questions:
1. The HDMI out on the receiver is labelled ARC, does this need to go into the TV HDMI labelled ARC? Does this really matter? I won't be using anything other than HDMI sources on the amp.
2. As this is a 2.1 setup, does the amp detect everything automatically? I've the option of music sound profiles such as direct, stereo, Dolby Surround, DTS Neural:X. To me, the latter sounds best for music (Spotify on my Nvidia Shield TV) What setting should I use?
3. Should I be going onto each setting menu of my HDMI input devices (Shield TV, Xbox One X, Virgin, Switch) and changing anything sound and visual wise?
4. On the sub I've the option to change volume (no issue here lol). Also have the option to change frequency, what should this be? Should phase be set at 0 or 180? Should mode be auto or on?
Any other general advice?
Sorry for the questions, just wanna make sure that I get the best out of it all!