SlaggBot Posted October 6, 2001 Share Posted October 6, 2001 Okay, I understand 6.1 Front: Right, Center, Left Rear: Right, Center, Left Subwoofer But, were does the extra speaker factor in for 7.1? Do any DVD's use it yet? Which ones? I know I could probably just find this out myself, but, maybe someone has some addition info to add as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted October 6, 2001 Share Posted October 6, 2001 important thing is you can have more than 1 speaker handling the same channel material, such as with 7.1. 7.1 is not a sound format but is a speaker config. dolby can call it 7.1 ex or whatever, but it's still using only 5.1 channels at most. the rear center or 2 rear center channels simply handle a matrix blend of the discrete L-rear & R-rear surround channels. kinda like the front center does for dolby prologic decoding. dts though does have both es 6.1 (matrix) & es 6.1 discrete. the discrete format has an actual discrete rear center channel which of course u can run into 1 or 2 speakers. so here again if u have 2 rear center speakers they're still getting the same thing. see www.dolby.com & www.dtsonline.com for more in depth info. most people (like me) find they only need 1 rear center direct radiating speaker for rear center, like a c7 (for me) or like 1 rc-7(for u). especially when the rear wall is the short wall. an ideal config for u hear could be rf-7, rc-7, rs-7(surround), & 1 or 2 rc-7 as rear surround. especially ok if u'd have a nice big sub like the rsw-15 in which to route the low bass & LFE. ------------------ Klipsch KLF 30 (front) (2)KLF C7 (front center & rear center) Cornwall I (rear) Velodyne HGS-18 sub woofer Marantz SR-8000 receiver Acurus A200X5 power amp Sony DVP-C650D 5-disk cd/dvd player Sony Trinitron 27" stereo tv Toshiba hi-fi stereo vcr Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100 digital cable box Monster HTS2500 & HT200 powercenters Boa's Listenin Lounge: Klipsch RF-3, RC-3 Sony STR-DE935 a/v receiver Kenwood KR-9600 AM/FM stereo receiver (vintage 1975) Russound AB-2 receiver switch to RF-3 Teac PD-D1200 5-disk cd changer Technics SL-1950 turntable/AT LS500 cartridge Technics dual cassette deck Monster HTS1000 powercenter rock on! This message has been edited by boa12 on 10-06-2001 at 09:31 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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