OMG! Our UK friend was right all along!!!

[Huey]

I tried something similar in the late 90s

You too, Yesfan? :scared-eek:

Learn something new everyday...

Nothing like Ash hole's setup, but I tried mine after reading an article on getting EX from Dolby 5.1 in the first issue of S&V by David Ranada. All it involved was running the pre-outs of the L&R surround channels in my then Denon receiver, to a second Dolby ProLogic receiver's LCR inputs and setting the Pro Logic mode to Dolby 3 stereo. The L+R portion of the surround channels were played by the back surround speaker(s) instead of both the LR surround speakers.


It worked with more directional sounds like jets flying overhead and gunfire, but more ambient sounds like rain or back ground traffic all that would collapse to the back surround speakers instead of been played through all the surround speakers. I think I ran that setup for less than a year before going back to 5.1.

Ha! I did the same thing after reading that article, although instead of going back to 5.1, I upgraded the receiver to be able to do true EX.

 

[DIYer]

Ha! I did the same thing after reading that article,

Safety in numbers? :techie-hiding:

 

[Yesfan70]

................Ha! I did the same thing after reading that article, although instead of going back to 5.1, I upgraded the receiver to be able to do true EX.

I had to ride the 5.1 wagon a little longer until I could do my upgrade.

 

[Razz]

Maybe I'm getting old..... but sometimes just putting my system in good old 2.0 sounds fantastic.

 

[Towen7]

Maybe I'm getting old..... but sometimes just putting my system in good old 2.0 sounds fantastic.

I've had a desire of late to downsize and simplify a lot of AV things. The one exception is my little theater where I still want as many channels, pixels, dimensions, and inches as possible. I may not always want to use them, but I want the ability to make that choice.

 

[Deleted member 133]

Maybe I'm getting old..... but sometimes just putting my system in good old 2.0 sounds fantastic.

Yeah but your "2" is "just" a pair of Dynaudio Contour S5.1. If it didn't sound fantastic, I'd be worried!

 

[Yesfan70]

Maybe I'm getting old..... but sometimes just putting my system in good old 2.0 sounds fantastic.

Yeah but your "2" is "just" a pair of Dynaudio Contour S5.1. If it didn't sound fantastic, I'd be worried!

Yeah, I agree.


Hmmm.......7 Klipsch bookshelfs or a pair of Dynaudios Contours. I think I know what I would pick.