Video Asylum

Posted by Quiet Earth (A) on March 22, 2007 at 09:56:12

In Reply to: Listening to 2 channel music on a 5.1 system. What's the trick? posted by Quiet Earth on March 21, 2007 at 07:58:13:

There seems to be a common denominatior here that suggests taking it easy when processing a stereo signal. This makes the most sense to me. I'm trying to convince my friend to take it easy on the processing and to make sure that he is selecting the correct kind of process for stereo only. There are good suggestions here for what kind of stereo "enhancement" process he should try first.

Personally, I align myself more with what David Aiken says. Use 2 speakers for stereo, 5 for a 5 channel disc, etc. But how do you convince someone not to use all of those speakers and amps that he paid for? That's not something anyone would want to hear. Of course there's always movies to put them to use!
(BTW, David, I kind of like listening to mono recordings with two speakers. Especially if I'm sitting right in the center position. I will turn one channel off next time and re-evaluate my preference. Thanks for the tip.)

The remark from jeromelang making sure that the surround speakers are in a proper location and angle seems logical too. Not to mention dialing in the correct level (subtle contribution from the surrounds?), and making sure that the polarity is correct for each speaker. I will have to investigate the lack of delay (or proper amount) in the owners manual of his Krell pre amp.

Anyway, thanks to eveyone. I will try to pass all of this useful information on.