If you remove the surround speakers from the equation and watch a movie done in 5.1, the surround effects will not be rerouted to the mains. The only way this is possible is if you are using one of the DSP modes on the AVR to simulate the surround effects. This would be like going back in time to pre-pro logic days.

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