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Zhumma
Aug 5, 2006
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roffles posted:

Is there any real use for a 7.1 system right now? I have a 7.1 receiver and 2 spare surround speakers that I never wired up since it would be a pain to run the wiring and mount them.

I mostly watch movies/TV and play games. The most complicated thing I have in my setup would be an Xbox360 that I eventually want to get an HD-DVD addon for.

Well, all xbox 360 games are 5.1, as well as most dvd movies (with a few exceptions that support 6.1). However, if your listening room is on the larger side, the two additional rear speakers could help to provide a more even soundstage behind you by distributing the sound allocated to the rear channels to four speakers, instead of the two.

HD-DVD movies however, with Dolby TrueHD sound support 7.1 sound, so those extra speakers'll come in handy there.

edit: sorry, forgot the hd in a moment of passing retardation.

Zhumma fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Mar 27, 2007

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Zhumma
Aug 5, 2006
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Hahaha, I didn't read the specs when I first saw that link, but now that I did it's loving hilarious. Yeah, what Boner said, it's utter bullshit. However, there are relatively affordable subs that go down to 20hz, such as the BK XLS200 which is a very decent subwoofer for both music and moderate level movie watching.
http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/Sub_Woofers/XLS200-DFandFF.htm

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