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Phantom center channel volume

For anyone using phantom center channel, Does your processor have sense enough to attenuate the center channel 3dB or does it just send the signal to both the frt l & r? I have yet to find an AVR that isn't 3dB too loud with phantom center. With no center selected in speaker setup one obviously doesn't have any way access volume control of the center channel. I am considering an upgrade to a processor as I have never used the amps in my AVR. Will the processor be any different?
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drew_eckhardt
394 posts
 
My Lexicon DC-1 seemed to do the right thing and for 2-channel down mixes allowed the center level to be specified.
feathed OP
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Wow, That's cool! Lexicon is one brand I am considering as I like the logic 7. I was just hoping there was a way to set the balance of the center correctly. Having volume control of a phantom center is a great bonus.
chadnliz
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Doesnt phantom mean its not there? How can you have control of a speaker that isnt even there? I dont really get this one.
mtrot
804 posts
 
Chad, even if there is no actual center speaker, I can see how one might want to control the volume level of the content of the center channel signal, even if it is being reproduced via the front L/R speakers.
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