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In Reply to: 2 channels work JUST FINE! posted by 6 meter DX'er on December 28, 2001 at 21:34:34:
Yes,Two channel can sound GREAT, but it does NOT create the soundfield the director intended you to hear.
For example, a jet flying over above you from right front to left rear will NOT be recreated in your listening room with any realism using the current 2 channel output from DVD players today.
To recreate that realism (designed by the director) you need one of the DD5.1 or DTS5.1 decoders providing output to multiple speakers.
bstan
Follow Ups:
You'd be surprised at the soundscape you get with a good stereo. Will you get the front to back effects of thx sound? No, of course not. But You will hear much more than the TV can give you, which is what the original poster wanted. One more thing- my two channel speakers cost more than 5 sony surround systems. I get much more information through them than a midfi surround setup DESPITE losing the rear channel. My "center" channel is excellent with no TV volume, and I feel the bass with no boominess. I'd love to have a full blown surround, but: I can't fit a comparable rear and center...I'd need a new preamp with home theater pass-through....Thent fed by front speakers are 94db efficient fed by 100 class A kiwi watts, so I'd have to buy great power for the rear/center of turn the fronts way down...In short, some of us have to be content with GREAT sounding 2channel. Having heard my neighbors sony/cambridge audio surround system, with 2 cheap subs, I can tell you the movies are more gripping at my house. He's got a 32 inch XBR,which is superior to my 35" mits. That's the only thing I'm jealous about. Blacker black.
I'm not surprised by the 2-Channel soundscape I can get, because I have an excellant 2-channel system (Dynaudio Contour 2.8 towers) to produce it.I simply said you cannot create a DVD's 3D soundscape (intended by the director) with 2 speakers. You need a 5.1 speaker setup to do that.
This has absolutely nothing to do with THX, I'm talking exclusively about DD 5.1 or DTS 5.1. I don't like THX, and don't own any THX certified speakers or pre-pros, but my 5-channel amplifier is THX certified.
I'm not interested in what your system cost, that is not the issue we were discussing.
By the way, you are missing out on a lot of bass output available on the DVD with your system, without a subwoofer that's simply a fact.
You could confirm my assumption by using an SPL meter to test the sound output from your main speakers at your listening position when playing only a bass frequency (say 40Hz) at DVD reference volume. It should register at least 115dB SPL (DD standard) on the meter.
bstan
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