Trinnov Altitude 16 Review (AV Processor)

[DonH56]

I have determined the delay with REW.
Impulse measurements.

No option for negative delay but we can often increase the distance. Not possible with Trinnov.

I do not know about distance explicitly, but you should be able to change the delay in ms, which is basically the same thing (about 1 foot per ms).

 

[Gorth33]

I do not know about distance explicitly, but you should be able to change the delay in ms, which is basically the same thing (about 1 foot per ms).

For my need I have to change with negative delay.
It is not possible.
I should put the positive value of delay to all speakers but I wish to avoid that because global delay (image/sound) should be impacted.

 

[DonH56]

The Monolith HTP-1 allows you to provides negative user correction as long as the delay is positive.

A really smart processor could allow negative delay by just adding the delay to the video.

Yah, as long as the minimum is 0 (or more likely some tiny number for processing delay) it should work OK. I assumed it would minimize latency by delaying everything as little as possible to match the speaker furthest from the listening position but do not know.

Most every system I have seen assumes video processing takes longer than audio and only allows audio delay. That is based upon a little research years ago, though, so take with a grain of salt. I suspect it is more difficult to delay video (processing more involved) but again way outside my area of expertise.

 

[Keith_W]

@amirm the next time you review a DSP unit, would you be able to include some comments on the DSP part. Nobody buys a Trinnov or MiniDSP because of the quality of the DAC, they buy it for the DSP. There is a lot to say about the hardware (does it have adequate processing power? Are you limited to IIR's?), software (easy to use? Does it hide controls from the user? Does it require proprietary filters?), and whether it actually does its job.

 

[Gorth33]

Maybe you could try to measure to check what I am saying.