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Re: Review: Finally replaced m22 surrounds with QS
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Nick, there's no relationship between digital compression(e.g. the DD or DTS audio in regular DVDs)and applying a processing mode such as DPLIIx to send some of the surround material from the side surround channels to back surround speakers. If a format is uncompressed(e.g. regular CDs, some sound on BluRays), that's inherent in the format and can't change.
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Re: Review: Finally replaced m22 surrounds with QS
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This answers my question. But, do these signal processors all sound the same for movies? Does DPLIIx sound better than Neo6 or some other one on movies? I noticed there is a music thread about this and some prefer one over the other for different types of music. Will my movies sound as good in 5.1 with the qs8's in optimal position (2 feet above and behind the listening position) compared to in DPLIIx synthesized 7.1 with the qs8's mounted to the side of the listening position and some m2's on the rear wall?
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Re: Review: Finally replaced m22 surrounds with QS
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A lot of it is personnal taste and your room (placement, acoustics). For my own taste, I usually use PLIIx for stereo movies, Dolby Ex for DD5.1 and THX Ultra2 Cinema for the hi-res coming either bitstream or in PCM.
In all honesty, the move from 5.1 to 7.1 is the one that had the least impact in my setup. I'm glad to have 7.1 (Stargate's BlueRay DTS:HR EX:6.1 has some glorious fly-by back-suround effects), but it remains last in my priorities.
To answer your specific question (with a slight change of algo), I would think that a 5.1DD track in 7.1 with Dolby EX and some M2s at the back would sound a bit better (more real) than a plain 5.1. It's all a matter of how much more (both in $$$ and in enjoyment).
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