it already should do any and all digital processing,
I need a better 5.1 system for PC audio, like low latency online gaming. So I want to get some better speakers, and a receiver, a few hundred watts is more than enough. I don't want to hook anything else to it, besides my PC soundcard.
I have a good AE-5 plus soundblaster soundcard, it already should do any and all digital processing, before outputting to 5.1ch RCA jacks, from a 32-bit DAC. So I would think an older receiver, without a pile of extra digital and video stuff, should be good for me.
Most receiver's these days don't have 5.1CH analog inputs. And I don't want to add more latency, and software+soundcard should do everything anyways right ?
Current AV receivers have some weird choices. Most only have stereo connexions for the analogue inputs, yet fill up the back panel with lots of RGB and composite analogue video inputs and outputs that I can't imagine many people using in 2024. An input is good, for hooking up that old VHS or laserdisc player you still have treasured media for, but who still needs an RGB analogue output?
Current AV receivers have some weird choices. Most only have stereo connexions for the analogue inputs, yet fill up the back panel with lots of RGB and composite analogue video inputs and outputs that I can't imagine many people using in 2024. An input is good, for hooking up that old VHS or laserdisc player you still have treasured media for, but who still needs an RGB analogue output?I don't know what you're talking about.
Modern AV receivers are dominated by HDMI inputs. And some analog audio for sure. Usually some digital audio inputs too.
As you depart from the entry level models, analog video inputs are added, then S-Video, and then higher still, maybe a component video input. Nobody (AFAIK) puts RGB inputs on them, that's really never been a thing in home cinema.
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In games, even offline, like shooter's or racing games, I just want to minimize lag, from any extra digital audio processing. I read some article, and some setups, like optical, will add dozens or hundreds of ms of lag. Some people have issues like that with watching movies and streaming too.
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I see on the AVR2802, there is no speaker output for a subwoofer, only an RCA output for an amp inside the sub
. If I'm barely using any power anyways, might it be ok to plug the bare sub-speaker into the subwoofer pre-amp output ?
Current AV receivers have some weird choices. Most only have stereo connexions for the analogue inputs, yet fill up the back panel with lots of RGB and composite analogue video inputs and outputs that I can't imagine many people using in 2024. An input is good, for hooking up that old VHS or laserdisc player you still have treasured media for, but who still needs an RGB analogue output?I don't know what you're talking about.
Modern AV receivers are dominated by HDMI inputs. And some analog audio for sure. Usually some digital audio inputs too.
As you depart from the entry level models, analog video inputs are added, then S-Video, and then higher still, maybe a component video input. Nobody (AFAIK) puts RGB inputs on them, that's really never been a thing in home cinema.My Marantz NR-1711 seems typical of a modestly priced receiver. Its last year's model. It has 2 sets of RGB input phonos, labelled "DVD" and "media player", and one set of RGB output phonos labelled "monitor". Its has 3 composite video in phonos, and one composite video out phono.
In games, even offline, like shooter's or racing games, I just want to minimize lag, from any extra digital audio processing. I read some article, and some setups, like optical, will add dozens or hundreds of ms of lag. Some people have issues like that with watching movies and streaming too.
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In games, even offline, like shooter's or racing games, I just want to minimize lag, from any extra digital audio processing. I read some article, and some setups, like optical, will add dozens or hundreds of ms of lag. Some people have issues like that with watching movies and streaming too.
...If you want to minimize lag, all-analog is the way to go; not optical or coaxial. As a rule of thumb, look for receivers without HDMI; is a good chance to have an all-analog chain available. As side-note, during today's thrifting I've seen two receivers with 5.1 analog inputs: Panasonic for 30.00CAD and Pioneer for 49.99CAD.
Edit: all-analog chains are still easy to repair...
@ Tooki pls correct your sentence
YPbPr
YPbPr or Y'PbPr, also written as YPBPR, is a color space used in video electronics, in particular in reference to component video cables. Like YCbCr,
it is based on gamma corrected RGB primaries; the two are numerically equivalent but YPBPR is designed for use in analog systems while YCBCR is intended for digital video.
Wikipedia
they are RGB, but more
https://techyoulike.com/what-do-y-pb-and-pr-stand-for/
Current AV receivers have some weird choices. Most only have stereo connexions for the analogue inputs, yet fill up the back panel with lots of RGB and composite analogue video inputs and outputs that I can't imagine many people using in 2024. An input is good, for hooking up that old VHS or laserdisc player you still have treasured media for, but who still needs an RGB analogue output?I don't know what you're talking about.
Modern AV receivers are dominated by HDMI inputs. And some analog audio for sure. Usually some digital audio inputs too.
As you depart from the entry level models, analog video inputs are added, then S-Video, and then higher still, maybe a component video input. Nobody (AFAIK) puts RGB inputs on them, that's really never been a thing in home cinema.My Marantz NR-1711 seems typical of a modestly priced receiver. Its last year's model. It has 2 sets of RGB input phonos, labelled "DVD" and "media player", and one set of RGB output phonos labelled "monitor". Its has 3 composite video in phonos, and one composite video out phono.Nope. Those aren’t RGB inputs, they’re component video, which is not the same thing. Yes, the component video jacks are colored red, green, and blue, but they aren’t carrying RGB signals.
Ok at some point I'll want to try the digital stuff, and even try using audio over HDMI or something else without compression.