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5.1 audiophile listening with repurposed home theater into a Sound Stage using VLC
OK I did the mix of the Eagle's "Peaceful Easy Feeling" a few ways - I used Audacity to split the stereo into a mono left and a mono right, then placed them into a 6-speaker 5.1 configuration just to the L & R channels.Another mix was to take ... 
5.1 audiophile listening with repurposed home theater into a Sound Stage using VLC
Two stereo tracks have been mixed....5.1 has five channels - centre, left, right, outside left, outside right....so if you put the stereo L and R channel into the 5.1 L and R you get back what you started with....the channels may be more separated... 
5.1 audiophile listening with repurposed home theater into a Sound Stage using VLC
it is all freeware Audacity to import stems and export to 5.1 or 7.1 and VLC to play...every piece in discrete.mono has its channel map 
5.1 audiophile listening with repurposed home theater into a Sound Stage using VLC
For those who are true believers in stereo and may have invested a great deal in the best equipment and speakers, here is an alternate point of view:http://www.anstendig.org/Stereo.htmlwe have two ears, but there is only one trumpet playing....