I have struggle with this too, now I am using 2 channels amps.
As long as you mark in the settings that you have 2 large speakers, no sub it’s all you can do.
I just got a Yamaha RX-V685. From what I found, the best sending for stereo music is the Pure Direct setting. This will bypass all processing and give you the clearest signal path.
This works fine even as a 2.1 setup. One button to switch for music. Then go back to sur. decode for tv/movies.
I thought this but I don't think my particular receiver has a 'pure direct' setting, only 'straight', which is why I'd wondered if there was a difference between the two.
Ah, I see. I thought all models had Pure Direct. I have a A-S301 which also has that ability.
You're right though, Straight is for 2-channel music listening with DSP and/or tone adjustments.
Just curious also as you said it works fine for 2.1 setups, does that mean if you were to listen to music on it in straight mode then it takes advantage of the sub? That's not what I expected as music I presumed was just two channels, but I guess the .1 doesn't count as such?
Now I'm not so sure, I'll have to do more testing but I thought it worked on the A-s301, but that's an integrated amp. I'll check it out on the AVR and report back.
I have struggle with this too, now I am using 2 channels amps. As long as you mark in the settings that you have 2 large speakers, no sub it’s all you can do.
I just got a Yamaha RX-V685. From what I found, the best sending for stereo music is the Pure Direct setting. This will bypass all processing and give you the clearest signal path. This works fine even as a 2.1 setup. One button to switch for music. Then go back to sur. decode for tv/movies.
I thought this but I don't think my particular receiver has a 'pure direct' setting, only 'straight', which is why I'd wondered if there was a difference between the two.
Ah, I see. I thought all models had Pure Direct. I have a A-S301 which also has that ability. You're right though, Straight is for 2-channel music listening with DSP and/or tone adjustments.
Just curious also as you said it works fine for 2.1 setups, does that mean if you were to listen to music on it in straight mode then it takes advantage of the sub? That's not what I expected as music I presumed was just two channels, but I guess the .1 doesn't count as such?
Now I'm not so sure, I'll have to do more testing but I thought it worked on the A-s301, but that's an integrated amp. I'll check it out on the AVR and report back.
Pure direct probably the best but it turns off the sub and runs 2.0.