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In Reply to: RE: 5.1 vs 7.1 posted by fstein on December 05, 2012 at 20:20:47
In my opinion...
Movies at home should mimic the theater experience minus the spilled drinks and popcorn, people talking, cell phones ringing, $4k candy, $2k drinks, etc. For the best presentation, surround sound, be it 5.1 or 7.1, is the way to go.
Music is best presented by two channels of audio in front of me. That's what I experience at a live presentation and that's what I want at home. I also prefer the viscereal impact of stereo subwoofers because even most floorstanders can't deliver the lowest notes and added realism/space that subwoofers achieve.
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At a live presentation, you hear as much sound from the space that you share with the performers as you do directly from them. Good, discrete multichannel conveys all of that while stereo simply cannot.
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Adding 5.1 is more than fine for movies unless you are in the largest of rooms IMO. I have 7.1 and I honestly feel it adds little if anything.
Music = 2 channel with stereo subs also.
Recently I figured that the people that like music in surround probably have very exensive systems, in which case, I could imagine it being good. I have a 4.1 system (once briefly tried 6.1 to hear whether I was missing something in movies and determined that I was not). My rear system is better than most peoples stereos, but I prefer music in stereo also.
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