GoodSoundClub - Romy the Cat's Audio Site

In the Forum: Audio Discussions
In the Thread: The Opera Room

Post Subject: Getting in 5 or at least in 3 channels?Posted by Romy the Cat on: 3/20/2013

I need to say that I do consider the idea of 5.1, 7.1 or any other foolishnesses exists out there for video as… foolishness. It is not that I have my opinion and I agree with it but I have a whole array of well formulated reasons why I feel that 5 channels are very wrong. However, lately I begin to think to put another channel into the game and use 3 front channels. I do not change my mind BUT I do come across more and more films where there is no 2ch sound truck and ONLY 5 channels. To watch the movie that has 5 channels only on a playback that do just right and left channels is not too pleasant. Some films are OK but some that have very extreme 5.1 processing sometime you can’t not hear the voices without center channel. That is so bad. Not that I mind to put a center speaker in use but then I need 5ch decoder and third amplifier. I do much do not want to do it, not to mention that all 3ch amps are crap.

I wonder if exist something like integrated 5ch decoder with a single amp abort? Then I would be able to drive R+L direct as I do not and to run a crappy center channel from 5ch decoder…

The Cat

Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site