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Re: Home thaeter heresy? I agree

Posted by Peter Breuninger on July 30, 2004 at 10:07:52:
I fully agree with this poster, and like the poster I've got years of experience as well. My complaint with 5.1 and more systems is a dryness and hardness to the sound. Plus, I get annoyed with the rear channel special effects that often end up distracting from the movie.
I have ended up using vintage gear in my best sounding HT system; a two channel setup with four speakers. The mains (phantom center) being classic Bozak 4000a symphonies, the rear (out of phase) Radio Shack LX5 Pros driven by a minty Fisher 500c. It's a small room and I'm 6.5' off a 42" Panny HD panel. DVDs by a Bravo D1 with a DVI connection to the panel.
Movie dialog is clear and I capture adequate spatial effects with the out-of-phase rears. Plus my music sounds wonderful. In fact, just the other night, INHD had the 1970 Who concert on and the big Bozaks and their reference midrange made me feel like I was there!