Madrigal Imaging Audio/Video Preamplifier manual Home Theater and the Proceed PAV

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Movie Sound and the PAV

Home Theater and

the Proceed PAV

Perhaps the most exciting development in home entertainment in recent years is the much-discussed “marriage of audio and video.” Movies are available in high quality formats such as laserdisc, and big-screen televisions have improved vastly over the dim, fuzzy pictures many people remember from a few years ago. Com- bined with sound reproduced via several loudspeakers and (perhaps) a subwoofer, it has become possible to have movie excitement in the home which far exceeds that available in most local theaters.

Unfortunately, many people found these “home theaters” sadly lacking when it came to their performance with more traditional music sources. Although some were capable of shaking the walls with explosions and sound effects, few were capable of reproducing the nuances of a string quartet, a big band, or a well-re- corded vocalist.

The Proceed PAV is designed for people (like ourselves) who desire to “have it all.” The PAV offers the musical refinement, control flexibility and movie excite- ment of both a dedicated high end music system and a full-blown home theater system, all in one simple package. With its introduction, there is no longer a need to compromise on either music or movies. A single system can do it all.

laserdisc	vcr	cd	LS		LS
			tuner
			RS	Surround Power Amplifier	RS
	p a v
			Ctr		Ctr
			Sub	Center/Sub Power Amplifier	Sub
P R O C E E D
			RF		RF
			LF	Main (Front) Power Amplifier	LF
			Listening Room

Unlike traditional stereo sources, Dolby Stereo™ movie soundtracks contain four channels: Left, Center, Right and Surround. The three speakers in the front of the room (L, C, and R) provide precise localization of sounds, or imaging, while the surround channel is intended to be reproduced in a diffuse manner to the sides and behind the audience—to literally “surround” that person in the ambient sounds of the environment shown on the screen. Normally, a correctly operating Surround channel would be so diffuse and enveloping as to be almost sublimi- nal. Its purpose, after all, is to draw you into the movie, not to distract you from it.

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