Both your subwoofer and satellite speakers have internal Amps, so buying a receiver is counterproductive since you'd be paying extra for amplifiers that you cannot use.
Not sure what "nasty cheap" means to you personally, but if I had to build a 2.1 setup with Genelec 8010A and an NS-SW200 sub, then I'd buy one of these:
miniDSP 2x4HD / DDRC24
WiiM Ultra
Audient Oria Mini
You don't need XLR outputs for the 8010A. With the right adapter cables, you'll get the same performance as with native XLR output (internal cable wiring matters here):
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I've seen some discussion on the forum of cables that can connect RCA outputs to XLR inputs in a "pseudo-balanced" way, including a thread on off-the-shelf options. It's a bit over my head, so I'm starting a noob-oriented thread on the topic. As I read the previous threads, none of the...
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And don't forget a UMIK-1 for proper setup/calibration.
can i ask
i compared my two identical 2.1 speaker setup,i noticed the cheaper one has clearer and loud enough than the expensive one
cheap one: nr696,8010a,ns sw200 listening postion from left speaker : 0.8m
expensive one:jbl 4309,mk v12+ mrx740 listening postion from left speaker :1.7m
i play bluray movie contains dts hd ma 7.1 the thirteenth floor bdmv from oppo 203 player with audio bitstream output
to nr696 and mrx740
the dialogue voice with main movie background theme on mrx740 is difficult to hear dialogue sound,even i turn the master volume to very high volume,the dialogue still not strong enough,but the main background theme is huge loud in this situation
on nr696 i set it to normal volume,both background theme and dialogue is loud clear enough
can i ask why happen like these
in the future i will replace three jbl control 28 il and hope it can fix the dialogue issue,maybe 3.1 has better clear dialogue sound than 2.1
lastly,i have a question about av receiver built in room correction and internal room correction of active dsp subwoofer
my mrx740 can run arc room cal on floor speaker and subwoofer with subwoofer phase calculate,delay,crossover ,this receiver can process subwoofer correction on analog subwoofer
but my subwoofer is dsp subwoofer mk v12+,it built in auto eq room correction
in first time setup my 2.1 speaker and subwoofer,do i need to run auto eq on mk v12+?
after finished autoeq the data will upload to subwoofer,do i need to enable auto eq option to apply the calculated subwoofer eq data?
to begin the room arc correction on mrx740,to disable auto eq for raw data calculate v12+ to mrx740 or running arc correction while auto eq enabled?
the google ai said it will caused double correction if you run correction on receiver to calculate the subwoofer with already calculated subwoofer data signal?
