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SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
Hey quick question - if one has a 2.1 speaker setup connected to an AV receiver, is it better to use a PCM 2.0 or PCM 5.1 (which the receiver will down mix to 2.1) signal?

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SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy

qirex posted:

They should be roughly the same, difference is in surround content you’ll get the LFE channel instead of just the normal crossover point. Not sure if there’s much of a difference net net, I’d guess a lot of movie soundtracks can really lean on the LFE.

Thanks. I actually didn't know that the .1 was sent as its own "channel". After experimenting with 2.0 and 5.1 PCM signals on Xbox, the sub is much more prominent with 5.1. Some low frequency effects are completely gone using 2.0 even though the crossover is set the same.

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