No, the receiver is an AM/FM receiver. I have two receivers in my HT room. One's an AV receiver with 5.1, S/PDIF inputs, 5.1 analog inputs, etc. The other's a simple AM/FM receiver that accommodates phono and cassette input, from way back in the 1970s (when I bought it). I'm using the simple one with stereo outputs (and more importantly, for my usage, a headphone jack) just to amplify my earbuds. I use the earbuds because with movies there's typically lots of conversation and I miss a lot more of it using 5.1 audio from speakers. I'm sure it has a lot to do with my hearing. It's been claimed that my room has poor acoustics (in threads), and people suggest I try things to improve that.
I have tinnitus. I had a hearing test and everything from around 3000 hz and up I only register about 1/2 of the sound. Below 3000 hz they said I was basically normal. The effect of all this is that in certain circumstances I have a hard time making out what people say, such as in crowded rooms, rooms with poor acoustics. I can be somewhere with people and they understand each other fine and I can't follow the conversation. It's distressing. Take care of your hearing! Well, in my home theater I can rewind, turn on subtitles for a spell, that kind of thing, but if I can make it out the first time it's better, and Etymotic ER4S earbuds are expensive but pretty high fidelity. I miss out on surround sound with them, of course. Haven't watched a movie using 5.1 for a few years, TBH.
