quarry2006
Well-known Member
I recently set up a Sony STRDH820, configured to 3/4.1 to reflect my speaker system. However, I don't own any films in 7.1. The Star Wars Blu-rays were lauded for their 6.1 mix when they came out so I was interested to hear how they sounded with this set-up.
When I play them, though, the sound comes out through all of the speakers. Now, I don't especially mind this as at least nothing is sitting dormant, and I have the two rear speakers set up so they're either side of the "sweet spot". But, I'm not entirely sure what it is that I'm listening to! Both rears are outputting the same sound as the surround speakers (they do this when I'm playing on the Xbox, too, where the sound is 5.1) so am I even hearing the film in 6.1 or just a beefier version of 5.1?
I've asked this question elsewhere, on the Movies thread, but I wasn't really satisfied with the answer (which was that the rears should be outputting the same sound, which they clearly aren't). Can anyone who has a 7.1 set-up shed some light on this, or better still someone with a STRDH820.
Many, many thanks.
When I play them, though, the sound comes out through all of the speakers. Now, I don't especially mind this as at least nothing is sitting dormant, and I have the two rear speakers set up so they're either side of the "sweet spot". But, I'm not entirely sure what it is that I'm listening to! Both rears are outputting the same sound as the surround speakers (they do this when I'm playing on the Xbox, too, where the sound is 5.1) so am I even hearing the film in 6.1 or just a beefier version of 5.1?
I've asked this question elsewhere, on the Movies thread, but I wasn't really satisfied with the answer (which was that the rears should be outputting the same sound, which they clearly aren't). Can anyone who has a 7.1 set-up shed some light on this, or better still someone with a STRDH820.
Many, many thanks.