BobbyT Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I tried a little experiment over the past two weeks. Since I have a small room, 14x15, I thought I would see if I noticed a difference dropping to 5.1. I immediately noticed a hole in the soundfield. Now had I never ran in 7.1 everything may have sounded great. But to me it was noticeable. I decided not to tell the wife and left the all of the speakers in place to see if she would notice. After watching two movies she told me something sounded different, off. The system didn't sound the same. My wife is one who would normally care less, and like having lees speakers in the room. But she even said to hook them back up. SO back to 7.1 it is. Thought I would share my findings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 There you have it. 100% of wives tested prefer 7.1 over 5.1. That's all I need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 lol, nice one oldtimer [Y] Btw, did you reposition the surround speakers when you made the switch to 5.1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyT Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 There you have it. 100% of wives tested prefer 7.1 over 5.1. That's all I need to know. [] DrWho I left everything exactly where it was. I kept my RF3-IIs as the surrounds and kept them behind the couch where they have always been. Plus I didn't want my wife to know so everything looked as it always did. I did re calibrate the system. It could be that the way I set up the room 7.1 just works better than 5.1 at creating a more enveloping soundfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Did she make the conclusion that something had changed without any prompting or questioning whatsoever? That would be the true test. Of course statistically you need to have N >= 30 (N is number of samples tested) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 There you have it. 100% of wives tested prefer 7.1 over 5.1. That's all I need to know. [] DrWho I left everything exactly where it was. I kept my RF3-IIs as the surrounds and kept them behind the couch where they have always been. Plus I didn't want my wife to know so everything looked as it always did. I did re calibrate the system. It could be that the way I set up the room 7.1 just works better than 5.1 at creating a more enveloping soundfield. So not an entirely fair comparison...but I still agree with your conclusions [Y] So Mike...can we get 30 different people in here to get enough N? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arky Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I'm not married but I can round up a girl or two for sampling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyT Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 Did she make the conclusion that something had changed without any prompting or questioning whatsoever? That would be the true test. Of course statistically you need to have N >= 30 (N is number of samples tested) Yes she did. She told me on her own that something didn't sound right with the system, that it sounded off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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