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<blockquote data-quote="Owlsroost" data-source="post: 1152116" data-attributes="member: 83973">Since you have both analog and digital connections from PC to audio system, which connection do you use for what ?What I'm thinking about is decoding all audio in LAV to a 2 front + 2 rear speaker layout (so no bitstreaming, just multi-channel analog, and no output to the centre speaker). That would mix the centre channel into the front L+R outputs, which can then also be used to provide the stereo feed for headphones etc. This provides a 'phantom' centre channel using the front L+R speakers only. Note for this to work effectively the TV needs to be approximately half-way between the front L+R speakers.I actually use the above scheme myself. I run analog 2 front + 2 rear multi-channel into the AVR, and also feed the same front L+R signals into another stereo input on the AVR for 'zone 2' outputs to another room (which can only come from an analog input on my AVR, which is a real pain because it means I can't get 'zone 2' feeds from the HDMI inputs....)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Owlsroost, post: 1152116, member: 83973"] Since you have both analog and digital connections from PC to audio system, which connection do you use for what ? What I'm thinking about is decoding all audio in LAV to a 2 front + 2 rear speaker layout (so no bitstreaming, just multi-channel analog, and no output to the centre speaker). That would mix the centre channel into the front L+R outputs, which can then also be used to provide the stereo feed for headphones etc. This provides a 'phantom' centre channel using the front L+R speakers only. Note for this to work effectively the TV needs to be approximately half-way between the front L+R speakers. I actually use the above scheme myself. I run analog 2 front + 2 rear multi-channel into the AVR, and also feed the same front L+R signals into another stereo input on the AVR for 'zone 2' outputs to another room (which can only come from an analog input on my AVR, which is a real pain because it means I can't get 'zone 2' feeds from the HDMI inputs....) [/QUOTE]

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