Originally Posted By: Zimm
At 5 channels pumping hard - as is very common now...


I realize that multi-channel music is now more common and surround sound is now better-mixed than it was in the past, but is it really common for all 5 channels to be "pumping hard"? I can't think of any material I own that really demands a full-signal sound be sent to all speakers at the same time for any significant portion (if any) of the recording. On top of that, since most people cross their surrounds over at ~80 Hz, it's going to be very uncommon for the receiver to require any significant amount of power to drive the surrounds.

I agree that if a company advertises 150 x 7, it should be capable of delivering that, but as far as meaningful tests go, the results of a "2-channels driven" power test would be far more valuable to me than 7.

Jason

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