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Listening to 2 channel music on a 5.1 system. What's the trick?

Posted by Quiet Earth on March 21, 2007 at 07:58:13

Hi everyone. I'm wondering how most people here treat 2 channel music with their 5.1 or 7.1 system.

Do you play music without any processing, and only through the front left and right speakers?
Do you use some combination of 3/5/7 speakers without any processing?
Do you just push a preset on the receiver (or preamp) and let the processor decide for you?

A friend of mine has expressed his dissatisfaction with his 5.1 system when listening to music only. He says that he can't really nail down the problem, other than it just sounds "wrong". He upgraded his Denon receiver to a Krell Home Theater pre and power amp, and he still feels the same way. He says, "yeah, it sounds cleaner and bigger, but it's just more of the same problem."

He also lives about 400 miles away from me so I can't hop in my car and spend the day helping him. Unfortunately, I can only give him limited advice because I'm just a 2 channel guy.

To make a long story short, I have a feeling that he is trying to force a stereo recording through too many channels and that is the root of his problem. What do you guys think? Is there sort of an ultimate let down when you try to get 5 or 7 channels out of a regular stereo recording? I would be interested to know how most people listen to a stereo recording with all of those speakers.

Thanks for any and all opinions!

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