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In Reply to: Dolby Digital 5.1 vs plain ole Stereo? posted by AbeCollins on March 20, 2003 at 22:48:04:
See my post of 3-13-03 on this subject. I agree with you one hundred percent. I just spent a fair amount of money upgrading to newer HT components, only to conlude that stereo is still better except with DVD DTS movies where the producers have taken the effort to create (from inception) a five or six channnel soundtrack that enhances the movie-watching experience. Everything else, including Pro-LogicII, is an attempt to simulate the surround-sound experience. Sometimes it works, more often than not you end up with a garbled mess. Of course, many out there will conclude my components are junk, I mis-wired the system, or haven't made the correct adjustments, ect. That's fine, I'm going back to four-channel stereo for all music and video except DVD DTS movies.
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The problem is, especially with 5-channel DVD-A's recorded "live," is two-fold:1) Different camera angles that show, for example, the guitarist on the left, then on the right, then in the middle, while the sound mix doesn't change. Very disconcerting.
2) Sounds not coming from where they're supposed to. For example, on the Eagles' "Hell Freezes Over," the percussionist is to the far left and behind the band. However, on the soundtrack, the sounds he is making emanate from the rear left speaker. Again, quite disconcerting.
When you go to a symphony or concert, the orchesta/symphony/band is right in front of you. The only other sounds you'll hear are either echoes (indoor venue) or crowd noise etc. Otherwise, everything else should come from the front -- which is why two-channel is still superior.
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Antonio Melo Ribeiro
To the whims, idiosyncracies, and/or just plain incompetence of the recording engineer?
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