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"We can sell you this EX surround decoder........

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In Reply to: Re: Star Wars: TPM and other gripes. posted by mtrycrafts on May 05, 1999 at 16:41:25:

.....for $99. All you need is an exsisting THX approved Dolby Digital sound system. Receive $15 off your decoder purchase when you purchase The Special Edition Star Wars Trilogy on DVD priced at $64.99."--A possible Advertisement paid for by Dolby Digital EX
I can see decoder and DVD packages selling like hotcakes to those newbies who have no idea they can decode with an extra (now obsolete) dolby surround decoder. A very lowdown and greedy tactic if you ask me. Isn't it amazing you can get a regular DD decoder for $150 now?
Have fun,
Tom S.

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Re: "We can sell you this EX surround decoder........ mtrycrafts 21:24:03 5/06/99 (4)
And all it would need is a decent amount of power to the front as the rears are not needed. That is what I may do, don't know.
- I tried it ... Mart 04:41:27 5/09/99 (2)
  & found that I lost ambience. The rears seem to paint an acoustic back drop over which the fronts paint. For DD, I admit that I mounted my LR1s horizontally like the MGCC1. I did this to make the stray rear signals less distracting. Instead of a phone suddenly ringing out of one of your rear channels (that makes me involuntarily glare directly at the speaker), I hear a distant phone ringing off to the side. Infinitely more pleasing to me.
  - Re: I tried it ... mtrycrafts 12:17:06 5/09/99 (1)
    But is that how you think it would sound if you were in the picture looking at the scene? Or more direct sound from a point source. It is a preference though. I think if it is recorded right, then a source point sound will sound like that and an ambient will sound ambient.
    - originally thought that way myself ... Mart 01:04:47 5/10/99 (0)
      .. But by that philosophy that would unfortunately that out of the numerous LDs (I own & rented) I haven't found a correctly recorded film. I think my theory is much more probable.
      However, the lateral Maggie is an elegant fix.
- Yep. Tom S. 06:36:49 5/07/99 (0)
  I'm keeping my DS receiver around even though I'm not using it. It might
  come in handy down the road......
  Tom S.

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