Comment Re:The sampling rate myth revealed, and others... (Score 1) 643
One stipulation I will make, though, is that I'm not in favor of the .1 track... That's primarily there because people don't want to put large speakers all over the room - they'd rather have little satellite systems that don't go below 250 Hz, and a separate subwoofer that they can shove behind the sofa so their wives/girlfriends don't get mad.
You can get _much_ better sound with 5 matched full-range speakers.
My understanding of surround mixes is that (at least with DVD-Audio) you should have full-range speakers. In order to use satellite speakers, you need special bass management circuitry (like prologic).
The bass channel has some of the bass sounds (eg 1812 canons) but not necessarily all of the bass.
You can get _much_ better sound with 5 matched full-range speakers.
My understanding of surround mixes is that (at least with DVD-Audio) you should have full-range speakers. In order to use satellite speakers, you need special bass management circuitry (like prologic).
The bass channel has some of the bass sounds (eg 1812 canons) but not necessarily all of the bass.
