Sound Quality of Direct TV audio


I recently put a 1/3 octave spectrum analyzer on my Direct TV audio outputs and was shocked to find that they are brick wall filtering all low frequencies below about 150 Hz. Not a gentle roll off mind you, everything from 150 Hz down is gone.

I thought they were supposed to be delivery "high quality" audio. Anyone else discover this or am I getting something unusual?
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Showing 2 responses by hgeifman

I use the Toslink digital output, using Wireworld Supernova 7 Glass Toslink cable, from my Wave Broadband TiVo cable box to my Musical Fidelity M1 DAC that connects, using balanced interconnects (XLR), to my Ayre AX-7e integrated amplifier. The music sounds very good.
I had a similar problem with my Sony Blu-Ray player. Please review the Menu>Settings & Settings>Audio>"options" for your Genie unit. Look for something that says PCM output. If this does not work, please call Genie and ask them.