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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:
have you spent some quality time setting up the levels with an SPL for the surround channel. Properly setting the levels for your surrounds make all the difference in the world. balancing a stereo pair is much easier.That being said, some stereo layers do sound better than the MCH layers. Also, check the specs on your receiver, some output less watts/channel when in MCH vs Stereo mode.
Sam
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Thanks Sam. I did balance all the channels (by ear) and experimented with LFE output and LFE+Mains. I'll have to try some other concert videos and see how they compare to the two I've listened to so far. I should stress that for normal movie viewing (action flicks, etc), the Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds great! I was expecting more from 5.1 with my concert videos (which sound good in 5.1) but they sound better in stereo.P.S. I bought a "Home theatre Tune-Up" DVD interactive guide. I used it for testing and adjusting the sound as well as picture hue and color levels. I do want to get a SPL meter though. I'll head over to RadioShack once this snow clears out.
I sujest that you set all speakers to small, bass only to LFE, xover around 50hz, if you can, I donīt like 80hz as much in my system...I used the SPL meter, good to know the "teorectical" levels, but in the end I changed all settings to better suit me...
Antonio Melo Ribeiro
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