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Re: Please help an HT Newbe with center channel question

Posted by Kevin Korom (A) on January 27, 2002 at 14:23:05

In Reply to: Re: Please help an HT Newbe with center channel question posted by BrianC on January 27, 2002 at 09:02:22:

The DVD player downmixes the 5.1 multichannel mix to 2 channels, therefore all 5 channels are dumped into a stereo mix. I've heard downmixing many times, and it can vary from very good to awful. Even this resulting mix is intended to be decoded by a DPL (Dolby Pro Logic) decoder, so it's really not meant to be played w/o center & rear channels.

Often times, the channel balances on the downmix are all over the place; you could have the center mix buried below the rear/surround mix, etc. It's just the way backwards compatabilty was covered...

I think it's just a problem that you're going to have to deal with, if you're not willing to do multichannel for theater playback. I have separate music/theater systems, as I found I never could get a theater setup that did music to my satisfaction...and vise versa.

Regards,
Kevin

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