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Author Topic: Dolby DA-20 Used With Mod 2C Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 03-01-2008 07:29 AM                     Currently I run DTS directly through my Mod 2C processor to the amps and it works great. Will the DA-20 pass through the 2C and operate like the DTS 6D or does it need additional processing?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-01-2008 08:05 AM                     quote: Don Furr Will the DA-20 pass through the 2C and operate like the DTS 6D or does it need additional processing? It should but remember the DA-20 has no individual channel level adjustments... and ya will need the correct set of cables. MArk  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 03-01-2008 08:10 AM                     Thanks for that Mark. I didn't realize the 6D had level adjustments. What are the chances that any DA-20 would have proper lever adjustments on it's output requiring no further lever corrections? Or, did I just luck out with the output of the DTS 6D?  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-01-2008 10:13 AM                     As long as the DTS is correctly calibrated, it should be fine.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 03-01-2008 01:18 PM                     So does anyone think the DA-20 would be as well adjusted as the DTS 6D?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-01-2008 08:38 PM                     I believe the mod2c was 300mv on the digital input db25  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-02-2008 05:29 AM                     To add to Gordon's comment, that is the standard input level on most processors. Most DTS players are calibrated to 300mV, but they have the ability to be calibrated in case you have a processor that uses a different input level (which I have never seen, but I'm sure there is something out there.) So if your processor does use 300mV inputs, then the DA20 will sound just fine.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 03-02-2008 07:04 AM                     Thanks for the help guys.  |  IP: Logged Oscar Neundorfer Master Film Handler Posts: 275 From: Senoia, GA Registered: May 2000 posted 03-02-2008 09:05 PM                        Don, It has been a while now since I have dealt with this, but as I recall, you may only have to change your volume setting slightly just to get the level you want to play at. As long as the MOD 2C is properly set up with regard to channel balance, then it should work OK. The only other possible thing I recall was that the bass level on the DA-20 was possibly different than on a DTS, but again, it has been a long time since I even thought about this. It seems that the bass was a little less (don't remember how much) on a DA-20. I am sure someone will correct me if this is wrong information.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-02-2008 09:57 PM                     On a mod2c the sub will be 3 db low  |  IP: Logged

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