Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater 7.1 or 5.1

1. Rears are Harmon Kardon bookshelves of some model. Rest of the system is Axiom.

2. Very few DVDs have a 7.1 track. A lot more Blu-Rays will have a 7.1 track but only some will actually have originally recorded in true 7.1 channels. Many, especially BDs of older movies first released on DVD have a 7.1 track where they just extrapolated the extra channels from the surround channels.

3. Ooops, looks like you already knew half of what I stated above. I'm not sure exactly how the logic works. I am just bored on a conference call so answering what I can.

2. Two channel movies and music can be modified into 5.1 or even 7.1 using the same built in logic if your receiver supports it. A lot of people use the Dolby Pro Logic II setting on their receiver to do just that, convert stereo to 5.1

With a room that large, I'd definitely give 7.1 a try. I didn't like it enough to keep in my smaller 12x12 room but in the slightly longer 12 x 23 room, I am enjoying it quiet a bit.

EDIT: The most important thing is to calibrate all your speakers with a db meter so that one speaker or section doesn't overpower the others and the sound comes from where it is supposed to come from.