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In Reply to: Huh? posted by Slosh on June 19, 2005 at 08:15:52:
Thanks for that input. The simple answer is that my receiver doesn't have a pre-out. (Additionally, I do not, and will not, use a sub, so I want all bass downmixed to my front L/R towers anyway.)It may not be perfectly correct, but DD sounds very satisfactory to me in my set-up for movies. For music, I listen almost exclusively to vinyl, so SACD and DVD-A do not concern me.
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The L/R (stereo) output from a DVD player will not include the LFE/.1 channel if you choose the 5.1 or 6.1 soundtrack. Of the 6 (or 7 in the case of DTS ES 6.1) channels, the LFE/.1 channel is left out of the down-mix to L/R (stereo). That's why the mix-down of a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack will have less bass than a Dolby Surround 2.0 soundtrack (if one is included as an option).If you want to listen to the DVD material in stereo, always choose the Dolby Surround 2.0 option if it is available. Unfortunately, in your setup, that won't be an option if you want discrete C, LS and RS material. If I were you, I'd get a quality line level switcher.
I haven't notice a change in quantity of bass, as much as quality of bass when using DD5.1 mixed down to two channels Vs. 2 channel surround or a stereo output. What I have found, is the 5.1 mixed to 2 has *deeper* bass, more extended treble and much better center fill. While there is some variation between discs, I've done enough comparisons over the years that I stopped comparing.> > > If you want to listen to the DVD material in stereo, always choose the Dolby Surround 2.0 option if it is available. < < <
No, thats bad advice. People need to compare different sound settings to see what works best for them, in their systems. In my case, 5.1-> 2 channels is VASTLY superior to the 2 channel soundtracks.
Jack
And not just me, but many threads I have read about the compromises made to Dolby Digital soundtracks (complaints from sound mixers, no less) so that they will sound "good" when down-mixed to stereo (even when a 2.0 Dolby Surround track is included on the disc!).I guess it's all in the ear of the listener, but I have found the 2.0 Dolby Surround tracks to be better than their down-mixed 5.1 cousins. Time is actually taken to make a 2-channel (4-into-2, actually) track independent of the 5.1 track.
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...you're getting LFE, center, and surround sent to your front speakers but I guess if it sounds okay to you . . .FWIW, Niles makes a device that allows you to connect two amps to one pair of speakers and makes one amp the priority so even if you had both on at once you wouldn't damage anything. I have the older version called the ABS-1 (that I don't use anymore). Not sure what the newer model is called but I paid around $60 for mine in 1996. A cheap solution that I thought I'd throw out there :-)
Thanks again! I may look at the Niles solution down the road. For now, my set-up does sound O.K. to me. I'm actually much less of a purist when it comes to movie audio than I am when it comes to 2-channel music listening. For movies, call me vulgar, but my main requirement is simply that explosions be loud! :-)
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