REDdawn6 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hey fellas! I have a nobish question: I want to set up my Yamaha 667 in 7.1, if I listen to a 5.1 movie which surrounds wont ne on? Rear or side? ty, RD6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted September 23, 2012 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2012 If you listen to a 5.1 mix on a 7.1 receiver, your receiver will provide a matrix sound to the surround back speakers so all of them will still be playing, you will just have two speakers that are not truly discrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 If I understand your question, a 5.1 movie will play with 7 speaker as long as the avr is not set to stereo, DD or Dolby Prologic. My avr usually will default to a certain format for most 5.1 sources such as DDPL XII, DDPL ZII, DDES or something else. If it picks DTS 5.1 or DD. 5.1 I can matrix it to what I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDdawn6 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Let me try to be more clear for you guys, I have 1 set of Synergy S1 surrounds and 1 set(temperarily) of HD 500 surrounds. If I listen to a 5.1 movie in straight decoder , I want the better surrounds to be on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDdawn6 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 I will have to check the matrix settings and see how they sound... when you guys are talking about matrix , what do you mean? like some of the enhancer settings? I was looking at the onscreen options and I dont see anything like matrix mode,settings etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liebherr954 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Let me try to be more clear for you guys, I have 1 set of Synergy S1 surrounds and 1 set(temperarily) of HD 500 surrounds. If I listen to a 5.1 movie in straight decoder , I want the better surrounds to be on. The surround back speakers will be the 7.1 speakers, the side surrounds will be the original 5.1 surround speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDdawn6 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks liebherr954 !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liebherr954 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks liebherr954 !!! No problem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I used my HD 500 speakers with my Icon V HT as front height speakers and did not even know if they were working without getting right up on them. Even then I could not tell 1/2 the time. I moved them out of the Icon V setup within 2 weeks due to the frustration of using them. The HD 500 is a nice HT system but it does not mix with the Klipsch tower systems or larger bookself speakers well. Matrix settings are DDPL IIx, Neo 6, DDPL IIz, ect. Use the S1 as side surrounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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