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Re: Listening to 2 channel music on a 5.1 system. What's the trick?

I listen to all stereo material (lps, tapes, FM, laserdiscs, and those few stereo only DVDs) using the Dolby Pro Logic II Music codec. The original Dolby Pro Logic is distorted and truly sucks but this time Dolby let surround sound guru Jim Fosgate perect the alogrhythm, which extracts 5 channels from 2. DTS has a competing format but (surprise, surprise given the marked superiority of DTS 5.1 discrete over Dolby Digital 5.1) is not as good. The Pro Logic II is very subtle and improves ambiance and timbre and gives a more life like "rounded" quality to acoustic instruments. I'm sure your friend's pre/pro has this codec and maybe even has the 7.1 version (Dolby Pro Logic IIx). Because of this codec my collections have new 21st century life.


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