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This may be a stupid question, but why should 5.1 be a standard for surround music? I've just recently converted from a 2 channel system to a HT/Music system. It seems to me that the center channel is almost always the "odd man out" when it comes to timbre matching. Even using the same drivers, the dispersion is almost always different given the horizontal nature of the speaker. I can count on one hand the number of systems I've seen with 3 matching floorstanders or stand mounted speakers in the front--I do realize that this is ideal.
The center channel for dialog is a given when playing video, but the
image depth using two front speakers is almost always superior to setups with a center channel speaker on music. I would love to hear a good 4.0 or 4.1 recording. I listen to a lot of rock and think that there definitely a future for surround recordings. It just bothers me that DVD-A assumes (for the most part) that the setup will include a monitor to make format choices, but fails to recognize that the center channel gets in the way on most systems in the real world. Just because there's room for 5.1 doesn't necessarily make it the best choice ( I am amazed every time I see a photo on eBay of a 100 lb speaker on its side on top of a big screen TV--is this progress?). Am I missing the point?
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Topic - Why not 4.0 or 4.1? - mcp 13:14:14 01/31/03 (32)
- Why not 3.0? - Max 04:19:05 02/02/03 (0)
- Re: Why not 4.0 or 4.1? - Kelvin K 19:50:50 02/01/03 (2)
- Re: Why not 4.0 or 4.1? - grsteve 17:03:57 02/04/03 (1)
- Accuphase CX-260 - Kelvin K 19:41:28 02/04/03 (0)
- Chesky likes 4.0; he like 6.0 even more! - ted_b 19:48:17 01/31/03 (0)
- I also would like a 4.1 or 4.0 (a.k.a. quadraphonic) format. And EMI does too! - HiFi Connasewer 17:49:31 01/31/03 (1)
- Philips/Pentatone likes 4.0, too. - Kal Rubinson 15:24:05 02/01/03 (0)
- Agreed. Unfortunately the surround mixes tend to assume everyone has a decent center speaker.... - oscar 16:51:28 01/31/03 (0)
- After listening to hundreds of Quadraphonic Rock records , and many modern Multichannel Rock ... - ZS KEKL 16:30:04 01/31/03 (3)
- I agree, and as for classical . . . - Martin says 05:36:24 02/07/03 (0)
- Alan Parsons vs Center Channel - sven_tosing 18:45:23 01/31/03 (1)
- and that disc sounds great! nt - Duilawyer 09:57:19 02/01/03 (0)
- i think the centre channel is important ... - Christine Tham 14:27:34 01/31/03 (14)
- surround can be done just as well in 4.0, without the Center channel - High-end Dreamer 18:56:46 01/31/03 (0)
- Re: i think the centre channel is important ... - Eric LeRouge 15:21:40 01/31/03 (12)
- there's actually two itu recos - one for ht, and one for music - Christine Tham 17:53:17 01/31/03 (11)
- Re: there's actually two itu recos - one for ht, and one for music - Eric LeRouge 13:48:29 02/01/03 (0)
- Re: there's actually two itu recos - one for ht, and one for music - John Kotches 22:21:55 01/31/03 (9)
- Re: there's actually two itu recos - one for ht, and one for music - John Kotches 13:17:42 02/02/03 (0)
- how does this EQ actually work? - Christine Tham 14:25:23 02/01/03 (7)
- Re: how does this EQ actually work? - John Kotches 15:11:44 02/02/03 (6)
- sorry still don't understand ... - Christine Tham 18:21:19 02/02/03 (5)
- Re: sorry still don't understand ... - John Kotches 22:37:54 02/02/03 (4)
- well i was hoping you would actually provide details rather than simply repeating your post? - Christine Tham 14:57:57 02/03/03 (3)
- Re: well i was hoping you would actually provide details rather than simply repeating your post? - John Kotches 20:23:49 02/03/03 (2)
- ok - thanks - sounds a bit intrusive for my liking - Christine Tham 20:50:21 02/03/03 (1)
- Re: ok - thanks - sounds a bit intrusive for my liking - John Kotches 21:30:32 02/03/03 (0)
- Stand your speaker on end. - Jim Pearce 13:20:08 01/31/03 (4)
- Some thoughts - Eric LeRouge 15:02:59 01/31/03 (0)
- Re: Stand your speaker on end. - mcp 13:21:57 01/31/03 (2)
- Re: Stand your speaker on end. - Jim Pearce 13:31:30 01/31/03 (1)
- I guess I'm always paranoid - mcp 13:38:45 01/31/03 (0)
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