Schiit SYN - Surround Basics

WHERE TO USE
Surround doesn’t have to be conned to a
home theater. You can set up surround in:
Media Room or Living Room. Pair with a
smart TV or projector and add new excite-
ment to movies, shows, and games.
Desktop. Add speakers to extend games,
shows, and movies off the desktop.
Listening Room. Syn is a serious remote
control preamp—that can also add sur-
round to a serious stereo rig.
WHAT YOU NEED
1. Up to 6 speakers:
Main Left and Right. These are the main
stereo speakers that go in front of you.
Surround Left and Right. These go behind
the listening area to provide ambience.
Center. This goes between the main
speakers to provide a solid center image
for movies and shows.
Subwoofer. This brings the boom.
Important: you don’t need to use all of
these speakers if you don’t want to. If your
mains are big, you may not need a sub. If
you’re using surround for stereo, you may
not want a center. Feel free to experiment.
You can’t hurt anything!
2. Amps for your speakers. Or powered
speakers. Syn provides line-level output,
not speaker-level output. So you need
amplication.
3. Digital or analog sources. Optical out
from a smart TV (set to 2-channel PCM,
see Connections) is the typical source
for shows or movies, but you can can use
USB from your computer or analog in from
any other line-level source (DAC, phono
preamp, CD player, etc.).
SURROUND BASICS