You're missing the point!

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Posted by Dalancroft on April 27, 2001 at 15:43:35

In Reply to: Watching DVD's with only 2 audio channels (stereo). posted by Zeus on April 27, 2001 at 11:56:49:

Either that, or trolling.

1) Unless you're one person sitting in the "sweet spot," you need a quality center channel speaker. That's where the dialogue and 70-80% of the sound comes from.

2) Unless you have *terrific* speakers (and most of us don't) you need a sub to reproduce the low frequency effects of explosions, dinosaur footsteps, etc. etc. Even decent-quality floorstanders with solid extension to, say, 35 Hz won't truly cut it.

3) What happens in your system when a jet plane flies by or there is action behind or on the side of you? My rear effects speakers deliver this information to me. Your 2-channel system, as nice as it may be, simply doesn't.

4) Go to a quality movie theater and sit dead center of the screen in a middle row. Look around. You'll see four or five banks of drivers on each side of the theater. THAT'S what home theater is all about -- recreating that same sonic experience (perhaps, I will grant, to a lesser degree) in one's living environment.

Using a DVD player & quality projection screen in 2-channel mode is like those soccer moms who buy SUVs with 4-wheel-drive capability yet never leave the pavement . . .

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Topic - Watching DVD's with only 2 audio channels (stereo). - Zeus 11:56:49 04/27/01 (14)

Music DVDs better in 2 channel - mrcaseyb 16:59:03 05/02/01 (0)

I really really liked my two channel Stereo with movies... - Paul in Sterling 09:32:31 04/29/01 (0)

2 CH is ok but you are missing a lot - John C. - Aussie 20:40:00 04/27/01 (0)

You're missing the point! - Dalancroft 15:43:35 04/27/01 (10)

Nonsense... - Rich 10:38:09 04/28/01 (0)

Your reply is very myopic at best! - Zeus 19:28:32 04/27/01 (1)

Flat sound vs full sound - waVeman 12:12:11 05/04/01 (0)

Re: Hang on a second there! - Dan G. 16:50:21 04/27/01 (6)

Dunlavy HRCC. NT - mhamilton69 19:48:20 05/02/01 (1)

I second the motion on the Dunlavy HRCC!(nt) - Dave Duvall 20:25:35 05/02/01 (0)

Guys, go into a movie theater & look around - Dalancroft 19:51:17 04/30/01 (3)

...BUT, THAT'S ..... O.K. - STUART SMILEY 09:18:41 05/01/01 (2)

individual preferences - wilks 23:28:21 05/07/01 (1)

I'm with ya W! (nt) - Dalancroft 13:40:37 05/08/01 (0)

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You're missing the point! - Dalancroft 15:43:35 04/27/01 (10)

Nonsense... - Rich 10:38:09 04/28/01 (0)

Your reply is very myopic at best! - Zeus 19:28:32 04/27/01 (1)

Flat sound vs full sound - waVeman 12:12:11 05/04/01 (0)

Re: Hang on a second there! - Dan G. 16:50:21 04/27/01 (6)

Dunlavy HRCC. NT - mhamilton69 19:48:20 05/02/01 (1)

I second the motion on the Dunlavy HRCC!(nt) - Dave Duvall 20:25:35 05/02/01 (0)

Guys, go into a movie theater & look around - Dalancroft 19:51:17 04/30/01 (3)

...BUT, THAT'S ..... O.K. - STUART SMILEY 09:18:41 05/01/01 (2)

individual preferences - wilks 23:28:21 05/07/01 (1)

I'm with ya W! (nt) - Dalancroft 13:40:37 05/08/01 (0)

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