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"�who wants 5.1 after you've experienced 7.1? "

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David Aiken

In Reply to: RE: one thing to consider posted by Joe Murphy Jr on January 28, 2008 at 22:11:08

Well, I still tend to run a lot of native 5.1 stuff in 5.1 though my system is 6.1.

I vacillate between using the extra channel all the time and using it only for 6.1 soundtracks (don't have a hi def source so no native 7.1 tracks available to me). I tend not to notice any downsides to listening to 5.1 soundtracks in 6.1 but I don't think the gain is as much as with a native 6.1 track, and I sometimes decide to go purist and listen to the soundtrack in however many channels it was actually mastered in. I'm currently in a purist mood but last week I wasn't.

So I'll plead guilty some of the time. :-)

David Aiken

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RE: "�who wants 5.1 after you've experienced 7.1? " - rico 05:40:04 01/30/08 (1)
Like you I can listen to 5.1 in 6.1. I have done direct comparisons of the two and 6.1 is more enveloping and more of an acoustic "bubble" than
5.1.
- RE: "�who wants 5.1 after you've experienced 7.1? " - David Aiken 12:41:18 01/30/08 (0)
  I've tried direct comparisons too. I certainly do find it more enveloping but I don't find the effect as strong as I do when the movie has a genuine 6.1 channel soundtrack. I can take it or leave it with 5.1 soundtracks and, as I said, I do swap between taking it or leaving it with them. I never feel that way when the movie has a 6.1 sound track.
  
  David Aiken

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