In Reply to: Re: Impressions of Surround Sound... posted by John C. - Aussie on December 30, 2001 at 12:06:23:
My impression is properly set up stereo speakers do just a good if not better job than the centre speaker. When I switch to stereo mode, the soundstage is greater and the voices are clearer than with the centre only. Plus you are still left with the impression the voices are coming from the TV.I am coming to HT from stereo. My stereo setup is well balanced and adding HT was done as inexpensively as possible. There may be more if I had better centre and surround speakers, but the cost is more than I am willing to spend. Music still sounds better in 2 channel. At the same time I don't have the quality of setup that you do John. You have obviously spent a lot of time and money getting everything just right. I find that movies at home are still an inferior experience to what you get in a top rate movie theatre.
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