Sigurado ako kayang kaya yamaha yung DTX9.5T. Madali lang i drive yung speaker na to. Kaya nga ng Sakura yamaha pa!

FYI: Mas powerful ang Sakura Amps in terms of two channel reproduction, though hindi ganoon ka-accurate ang sound. Sound quality? of course.. Yamaha.

Hi Philander,

I'm not familiar with Sakura amp internal circuitry/features... why is it more powerful in two channel?  


positive_noise.  

so you think sakura having low center and rear power would contribute to a friends wharf diamond center not sounding as good as his 8.1s? whats a good soultion to this??

Hi Philander,

Thanks for the info! This is one of the disadvantage of sakura receiver! a none equal power in all 5ch! unlike most branded receiver has equal power distribution.

Thanks,
positive_noise.  

This is a PS to give a real example. ihave a Kenwood XD-DV9 rated 80W for front and 40W for center and rear.

For front, it is fixed as the referece (at 0dB). The adjustment is on the center and rear channels. Thus, my setting in these Center/Rear channels are +3dB (relative to front 0dB). This can be interpreted this way: at any volume level, the Center/rear channel should pump twice its power.

Another way of saying this is that at certain volume, if all levels are set to 0dB, if front is making 10watts music, then center/rear does 5watts. but since I set the center/rear at +3dB, it is like the front firing 10watts, and my center/rear will be doubling its output (5watts x 2) to 10 watts.

Of course, when you now listens with 40watts in front channel, the center/rear will be at their peak of 40watts. But this will hardly happen in an ordinary small viewing room.

i'm glad to find this thread about sakura amps. it seems that there are lots of people using sakura amps already so i hope someone could help my friend's problem:

my friend has a sakura amp/receiver. i forgot the model but it has DSPs, 5 analog input/ac-3, tuner. he also have an AV Link brand DVD player with 6 analog output.

i helped him setup his HT over the weekend. the 6 output of the AV Link DVD player were connected to the 6 input of the sakura amp and all corresponding speakers was hooked up including the sub.

we tested it but unfortunately the surround speakers don't work. not a single sound came out it. we tested using different DVDs from orig region 1 to pirated ones but to no avail. i checked all the connections over and over but everything seems correct. so here are my questions:

1.) i noticed that on the LCD panel of the sakura amp, the "srs virtual ..."(something like that) is lit up. since "SRS" is a virtual surround could it be defeating the purpose of the surround esp. that virtual surround is built for stereo to have a virtual surround sound? but if i choose "tuner" to listen to AM/FM the surround speakers work EVEN with the "SRS" light ON.

2.) does any of you guys have the "SRS" light lit up but was able to make the surround speakers work during DVD watching?

3.) is there a way to disable the "SRS"? i can't seem to find the button to disable it even on the remote control.

4.) anybody experienced this problem before? if so, what did you do?

5.) could it be a receiver problem or dvd player problem?

my friend lost the manual of the sakura receiver/amp and dvd player thus making things harder to solve.

any help will be appreciated.

Philander,

thanks for the reply. i posted the problem in this thread coz i think it's more appropriate.

anyway, how do you go to the audio setup of the DVD player? do you need to have a DVD in the player?

thanks.

No need for a DVD, some settings are disable while on-play status.

I'm not familiar with the audio settings of the AV Link DVD player.

How do you go to audio set-up? Oh, this is hard...
Let me try.
First, press the Set-up button in the remote control (be sure the unit is turned on.. heheheh). Navigate, then go to audio set-up option, then follow av_phile said..

"You may want to check the on screen DVD menu item typically labelled Audio Set-up.  De-select the "downmix to stereo" or stereo option which opens all the 5 chanels.".

Then be sure that ON state/mode is set to the different channels.. (sub. center and rears).

HTH.

thanks, Philander.

i'm going to try it when i go to my friend's house and i hope that his DVD player has an audio setup.

@Endless

Please check the surround volume of your Sakura amp. When you turn ON the Sakura, it automatically adjust all its volume to zero. So make sure you increase the volume of your surround.

HTH

One more thing. You need to click the 7channel button to enable the 5.1 setup of your Sakura.

My Sakura amp is the old model (No tuner) and it has this 7channel/dvd button that I have to push for the 5.1 setup to work.

Those are the two things that I overlooked kasi nung ayaw umandar surround ko.

Philander and Av_phile,

i did the what you suggested regarding turning off the "downmix to stereo" and it worked.

at first, it didn't work. i was so frustrated and start checking the RCA cables but everything's good. i tried several times turning "downmix to stereo" ON and OFF but to no avail.

i was about to give up on the dvd player and sakura amp and call it a day then my friend suggested to try different DVD (i was using fast n the furious pirated dvd) so i put in original R1 "gone in 60secs". lo and behold, it worked right away.

i didn't realize these pirated DVD can be the culprit. i haven't experienced this before but only darker pictures. anyway it's working now.

thanks again.

Was informed this is locally made.  Does anyone know where the showroom is or their factory/office?

Has anyone tried their 6 channel amp (not a receiver)?

Mga 'tol I've been using AV377 for 6mos now kung sa pang Home theater 5.1 ok ang performance nya pero kung pang stereo music playing ewan ko d ko ma feel!

For those who are on a tight budget like us who want to enjoy home theatre sound, Sakura avr can be something good to start with.  I am using Sakura AV-377 in my bedroom theatre set-up and i believe that it sounds good for a Php 3.5k receiver.  However, for stereo (music) listening, all i can say is it's not that good and the built-in tuner's performance is wanting. It's good i have a separate stereo system in the sala.

any pics of this sakura amps....