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In Reply to: Dolby Digital 5.1 vs plain ole Stereo? posted by AbeCollins on March 20, 2003 at 22:48:04:
.... recordings differ a lot as the posts below illustrate + the way DACs handle the signal varies a lot.The Meridian DAC here automatically switches to DD5.1 if that is the audio selected and available on the DVD, and it comes through OK here with no need to revert to 2CH. However I'm sure there are poorly mixed DVDs out there where 2CH would be preferrable.
Generally I find PLII to be excellent and that is what we generally hear in this house from satellite and free to air broadcasts. DD5.1 is supposed to accompany digital TV when that is up and running but it is still in the experimental stage where we live although it has rolled out in Melbourne, Sydney and some other places.
There are a lot of 2CH only music laserdiscs and DVDs in this collection and the Meridian, in it latest incarnaton, gives a very satisfying subtle ambience to 2CH in some modes. Other modes can be gross, so the artificial ambience has to be added carefully, not blatently (with added distortion) as some processors do.
Generally I find recording of audio is improving but this cannot be relied upon :-( So to answer your query I'd say experiment and use what sounds most appealing to you. Sometimes that might be 2CH only, other times not.
John
Peace at AA
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