Possibility to add a physical central channel
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Hello to all,
I'm going to receive very soon my Powernode n330 on which I'll plug my Apogee Centaur Minor and my SVS sb12-nsd, and 2 Pulse Flex 2i in surround. I'm really looking forward to it!
My goal is to have a great stereo sound with subwoofer thanks to the powernode and its music streaming services (I currently have a rpi + dac Allo piano 2.1 + Allo reclocker + moode audio) but also to replace my sonos beam 2 + sub + synfonisk by the surround possibilities of the powernode in HDMI.
However, I'm afraid for the center channel, especially since my Apogee are very very directive with their 26" ribbon tweeter...
It would be really great, if it's feasible on the software level, to add a physical center like pulse flex or mini 2i in order to have a real physical 5.1 ! I don't see what could prevent that.
And while we're at it, add the possibility to place speakers in the ceiling (maybe release a new type of dedicated active Bluesound speakers) and thus configure the sound in atmos afterwards.
At this level, it would be the solution I dream of and that would satisfy a lot of people I think. A lot of people who are looking at Bluesound and a powernode are looking at it for its high level audio capabilities and excellent quality. I don't want to use a soundbar, otherwise I would keep my sonos (which I haven't sold yet, if the bluesound system doesn't fit...I'll return it)
That's it, it's just a little suggestion :)
Happy new year to all !
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Official comment
Your on-route POWERNODE, like the SOUNDBAR, is fully DOLBY Certified and will act as the entire front section of a Home Theatre Group or will be excellent on its own.
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Thank you for your feedback. I would only have 2 speakers in the front, left and right. The center channel will be simulated by the dolby digital process. Therefore, if I am not well in the middle of the speakers (like an equilateral triangle), I will hear the voices on the speaker I am closest to.
Unless you tell me that it is possible to connect a Pulse Flex to the powernode and configure it as a front center speaker?
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You can forget my request, I send back everything, there is absolutely nothing that works properly! I already had to do a factory reset blindly because the powernode was faulty and did not display any leds (so no touch button)
Then, impossible to have dolby surround sound (I created a fixed home cinema group with the 2 pulse 2i in surrounds.) I tested a lot of different tracks (dolby digital (ac3), dolby digital plus, dts etc... besides it does not decode the dts, great.)
When I put my TV in passthrough, no sound comes out when I play a DD+ track for example. This is what made me switch from bean 1 to beam 2.
I also used a Fury Arcana HD box to get an e-arc output, no change.
I feel like I've gone back 10 years: It's unacceptable that in 2022 we can't plug in expensive equipment and enjoy it fully, simply.
Moreover, I find the Pulse Flex 2i horribly expensive for the quality of sound they provide! My symfonisk shelf speakers from Ikea, 3.5x cheaper (because I paid 99e each) work just as well! Especially as a surround...
In short, very, very disappointed with this solution absolutely not completed!
And it's not worth telling me how to adjust the TV or anything else, I would certainly not switch to PCM or bitstream, I do not want to regress while everything works with sonos. I will opt for a sonos amp which will work much better and more simply in my opinion.
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It seems you are upset by your own incompetence and react that to the Bluesound crew. I have excellent experiences interfacing with them. And I’m so impressed of the quality of my sound bar that I will skip my plans to go for a different 2 channel hifi set just for audio. But instead I chose for a full Bluesound set, for both home cinema and high fidelity audio.
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Upset by my incompetence? After having configured several complete home theaters, Sonos, Bose systems, mounted and "interfaced" players under rpi and Volumio, it's a simple amp to connect in HDMI that would cause me worries? LOL.
So the product had an original defect and didn't work as it should. It's strange, when I received it, it was defective, there was only the front LED that lit up in red. No LEDs were lighting up on the top. I managed to perform a factory reset by pressing the supposed location of the touch play button on the powernode. After configuring it, with a fixed group in home theater (well yes, many incompetent people don't understand that and don't search on the internet, I do), it never showed me the mention Dolby Digital. I had to configure my TV in PCM to have sound, otherwise it doesn't come out in passthrough. And the movies in Dolby Digital were not released in Dolby. I must be incompetent, yes.
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Hi Kevyn,
I will escalate your feedback to a support ticket. Please be patient as we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thanks for #LivingHiFi0
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