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I'm more an audio nut than a home theater guy. When I bought my DVD player I bought it since it is the new medium. I wasn't considering upgrading my Pro-Logic receiver to Dolby Digital. I only have the front and center speakers and have no immediate plans to get rears or a sub. However, I haven't been happy with the sound. I realized that most discs don't have Pro-Logic or even 2-channel sound options. Does the dolby-digital signal coming out of a DVD player really sound bad thru a pro-logic or 2-channel amp receiver?
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Got some extra "windfall" cash and waving the white flag. Will be getting the entry level Onkyo DD receiver. Might as get this over with so I can again obssess exclusively on my audio set-up! Still have to polish up my den system . . .
"I realized that most discs don't have Pro-Logic or even 2-channel sound options" - not the situation as I understand it. Pro logic goes back into the late 80's although the further back you go the fewer there are in movies. In music releases DD is only a recent phenomenon and not many have pro logic.I'm guessing the unhappy sound is due to the way the processor works. I've learned the hard way with some absolutely unlistenable processors that they vary in sound quality enormously and those which might sound spectacular on movies are crap on music. The latest batch are leaps & bounds ahead of those of merely a few years ago.
I'm not suggesting DD is the answer to nice sound as in some cases it is not. However have a listen to pro logic on some of the later processors and you might see what I'm talking about. Meridian have put out some good units and there are a lot of used ones around to try. Those without DD often sell for 10% of their original price.
John
My Yamaha HT reciever has a neat little surround function- its called 'NO EFFECT'! I find that there is ALWAYS a trade-off when a soundtrack is 'downmixed' to stereo (phasing and image placement suffer the worst).You can select the DD track on a DVD, then hit the surround button, and voila- stereo sound! Most gear has a similar function (besides, sounds great on headphones at night as well!). You won't be getting the 'director's intended' sound, but thats another very hot topic these days.
Hope this helps,
Dman
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