I tried for years to use a 5.1 system for stereo, spent big money on speakers and electronics (Macintosh-Anthem-Lexicon), that had "2-Channel Stereo" as an option, never sounded good unless video was playing. Finally gave up and got a nice two channel dedicated system for way less then what I paid for the 5.1 system. Glad I never tried to go up to 7.1 or 9.1 or whatever they are up to now to solve the problem.
13.2, 5.1 and so on. "the best seat in the house"
Perhaps with movies people enjoy the sounds of a monster coming at them from the left-rear. All of the best concert halls with live music I have seen from around the world....the music was in front of me with depth and left to right ....but nothing coming from the rear. Is this the fate of the high-end to be done in by B.S. of glorified T.V.?
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