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Author Topic: Surround EX with CP65 Bhaskar Dhungana Film Handler Posts: 28 From: Kathmandu, Nepal Registered: May 2002 posted 11-26-2004 09:03 PM                    I know we have discussed the possibility of using the CP55 as a surround EX adapter instead of the SA10. Is it possible to do the same with a CP65? I have an extra CP65 that I would like to put to use instead of leaving it in storage. The processor I am using currently is the CP500D.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-26-2004 09:16 PM                     Yes, it will work just as easily.  |  IP: Logged Darren Briggs Master Film Handler Posts: 371 From: York, UK Registered: Dec 2001 posted 11-28-2004 08:47 AM                        You will have to make the CP65 switch between Matix decode and Non Matirx decode from Line level sources, Spend the moeny and get the SA10 with the Auto EX board which detects the ex flags in the Metadata. Darren  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-28-2004 12:15 PM                     "get the SA10 with the Auto EX board which detects the ex flags in the Metadata" And listen to the noise on it's output, and not be able to eq it too well either! If I was in the situation where I had a spare CP55/CP65 sat idle and wanted EX I'd rig it, not pretty, and not as operator friendly, but it'd likely work better. However if I didn't have one handy an SA10 would have to suffice, or maybe the DTS or the Panastereo.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-28-2004 03:08 PM                     Oh the Panastereo SP23-30 pretty well spanks the SA-TEN and I prefer it to other solutions. One can have all three channels with 1/3-Octave EQ, hard relay bypass in the even of failure and all four surround zones are independantly adjustable for perfect balance...and the kicker...meters on the front of the unit for calibration (and signal checking). The only thing it is really lacking (other than possibly a 4th 1/3-ocatave or parametric EQ) is the auto EX feature. Then again, it is a whole lot less than the SA-TEN too. Steve  |  IP: Logged

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