Comments for Zektor CVS4 4x1 Component Video Switcher Used as 5.1 Analog Audio Switcher at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 14 out of 14 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:09:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-5362 I ordered one online and it was great and everything but I had to get a universal ac power adapters for it because it was made for a different outlet. - Brett Rodgers Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:09:49 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-4682 This must have been written before Blu-Rays were big. I have so many different things plugged into my entertainment center now, it's hard to keep track of. I just use all the universal ac power adapters I can find to keep it all plugged in. - Garfield Logan Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:43:50 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-2723 Would either of the following Y-Adapters or Y-Connectors work to essentially funnel 2 sets of 5.1 sources into the 1 set of 5.1 inputs on the receiver/SSP? Obviously, you could not have both players running concurrently or you would get garbage. My pre-amp inputs are supposedly protected from overload so that would not be a concern if I mistakenly ran both sources at the same time. http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=655 http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=4594 You would need 6 sets of these but it would still be much cheaper than the Zektor unit. The worst I could see that might happen would be the signal might somehow be reduced in level but I do not think this alternative would introduce any real degradation in signal quality. Thanks for any guidance. I really like the Zektor unit but the cost, even on ebay, not really in my budge right now. Thanks! - Rob Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:47:22 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-2628 Nice review. Can this be used to switch between two preamps going into one amp? - bmg Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:03:25 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-937 Thanks for a great review on this switching unit, I ended up buying one and very happy with it. I own both HD units you have in this review, the Toshia HD-XA2 and Panasonic BD-10AK, the question I have is where on the setup menu of these two players you can tell the player to output sound via analog versus HDMI. I went back to the menu which is not very clear from time to time and could not find it. Thanks for you time. - An Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:17:34 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-935 I saw the Zektors at at trade show and was quite impressed with their demo. I picked one up from these guys: http://www.copperbox.com/Zektor-Audio-and-Video-Switches-s/18.htm good luck with your setup - Patrick Murphy Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:21:13 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-109 Josh, I certainly agree with your fundamental point that one should avoid extra conversion between the analog and digital domains whenever possible. If your DVD player does a proper job of the bass management, and you have no need for additional processing in the SSP or pre/pro, then by all means, do the bass management in the DVD player and pass the analog signals through your pre/pro without digital conversion. If on the other hand, the pre/pro or SSP (or receiver) has processing that you feel is desirable, i.e. room correction, more sophisticated bass management, THX or EX processing, etc. then it may be a better choice to do the extra conversions in the SSP to allow these features to be applied in the digital domain. In my case, the Anthem D1 has pretty good A to D converters and D to A converters, and so I have chosen to go this route and access these features in the SSP. If one takes this avoid conversion argument to the extreme, one might conclude that it would be better to listen to the Dolby Digital soundtrack as in my case, I can send that soundtrack to the SSP in the digital domain without any conversion, as opposed to listening to an uncompressed soundtrack with several domain conversions. Needless to say, the uncompressed soundtracks sound better! Of course the best approach is to send the uncompressed soundtrack to the SSP in the digital domain via an HDMI connection, but in my case, that would require an upgraded SSP. Thanks for your comment, and bringing up this important point. Steve - Steve S Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:09:01 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-103 But then you're introducing A->D->A conbersions in the SSP - Jonh Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:10:21 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-99 Very cool! Thanks for all the info. I was going to upgrade to the latest version this week when my new sub comes in. Thanks alot again for the info. and also for all the great reviews. This is one of my favorite places to find info re: future purchases. It is deff. a great resource! Take care, Jim - Jim Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:51:35 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-98 I Googled on XA2 bass management and found several threads that indicated it was an issue and was now fixed. The bug that was being discussed however affected the ability to do bass management in the DVD player and output 5.1 analog, not bass management in the SSP via 5.1 analog full range outputs. What both of us want to do is send 5 full range signals and the LFE (.1) channel to the SSP an then do bass management in the SSP, based on speaker settings and crossover settings there. My impression therefore is that this bug is not an issue in this case. That said, you should probably load the latest version of the firmware for the XA2 as it allows operation at 24p. I have only tried the 5.1 analog scheme with this latest software. Sorry I can't give you the version right now as I am traveling and don't have access to my system. BTW, I did test things using Digital Video Essentials (HD-DVD) and found that all channels came through as expected. I can test again if it works differently for you. In either case, bass management in the DVD player(s), or bass management in the SSP, the Zektor switch will allow two DVD players to share one 5.1 analog input. - Steve S Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:57:01 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-96 You hit exactly what I was talking about. I didn't realize it was fixed. Which firmware version did they fix it with? That is very good in this case. I want to do the bass management in my SSP like you have. Thanks for responding and getting back with an answer. Take care, - Jim Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:37 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-94 I did a bit of looking into this, and the XA2 did have a problem with bass management (now fixed it seems), IF you wanted to do bass management in the DVD player. In my case, I did not want to do bass management in the DVD player but pass full range signals to my SSP for bass management there, hence the Large setting for all speakers. If your SSP can do bass management of the 5.1 analog inputs, I suggest you do the same. Steve - Steve S Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:51:56 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-93 Sounds like you know something about this that I don't, but it seemed to me that by setting the speaker size to large in the DVD player would mean that it would not try and do bass management, but would pass all the signals full range to the SSP and I could do the bass management then in the SSP. Am I missing something? Thanks for your comments. Steve - Steve S Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:37:44 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/switchers/261-a-secrets-switcher-accessory-review.html#comment-92 You say to leave all the speakers set to large and do bass management on the receiver? If you have a XA2 like you said don't you have to set the speakers to small to have BM work properly? Or has this changed with new updates? Would be great if it has cause this would be a great solution for those with more than one HD player. Great article though. I was just thinking about this the other day cause I am in the same boat as you right now and feel I will be for a while more! Take care, - Jim Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:50:07 +0100