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In Reply to: Why is surround sound not "high end"? posted by Raymond Leggs on July 14, 2012 at 21:27:41:
After more than 40 years of listening to music in stereo, about 3 years ago I finally found multichannel sound that surpassed stereo. The breakthrough for me was the combination of great multichannel recordings (mainly classical music, it is true), better DSP processing, and Audyssey room correction.
Find somebody who has a good multichannel system and listen to Mahler's 2nd Symphony conducted by Ivan Fischer on Channel Classics and you will be convinced. Or Vivaldi's La Stravaganza with Rachel Podger also on Channel Classics... or Martin Ostertag playing Bach's Cello Suites on Coviello Classics.
Yes, a solo instrument such as a cello sounds better on multichannel than in stereo! The reason, as Kal Rubinson points out, is that multichannel is better able to reproduce the acoustics of the recording venue. I am not talking about being surrounded by the cello, an effect that would be weird and unappealing. The cello is simply more realistically present in multichannel than in stereo. Stereo may be able to reproduce the reverberation of the recording venue, but it cannot accurately reproduce the direction of much of the reflected sound.
Current DSP processors are very good, lacking the irritating digital edge and the exageration of earlier ones.
Finally, Audyssey room correction (and similar other ones), improves the sound to such a degree and without undesirable side-effects that I cannot imagine listening to music without it. Yes, passive room sound treatments are good. But passive room sound treatments plus Audyssey is even better!
I use an Integra 80.3 processor and 3 class A amps to power my Magnepans and Spendors. It is the best sound I have ever had.
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- For me, multichannel is better than stereo - Tubo 10:23:25 07/15/12 (2)
- Now that's a convincing argument - Craiger56 20:48:16 07/15/12 (1)
- RE: Now that's a convincing argument - middleground 09:49:49 07/17/12 (0)
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