Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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I think the that in the end it’s dependent on the room. In my 16x12x8 apartment I found 5.1 worked better than 7.1. I literally had as perfect a 360 degree soundstage as I could imagine. In my 21x13x8-12vaulted I find that 9.2 with wide speakers and a Buttkicker are about as good as I’m going to get. In the second case the longer room greatly benefits from wide speakers because they fill that gap between the mains and the surrounds caused by room length.
IMO a close to square room (not really square) is perfect for creating a 360 degree soundstage in the sweet spot or for all seats if the walls are far enough away. However, the longer the room and the more rows of seats the more having wide or multiple surround speakers benefit the presentation.
I don’t think HT audio will benefit from many more channels unless we break free from having the video projected only up front. If a wider range of video angles are present then I could see an advantage to adding more audio channels so better support the 180 or say 360 degree on screen action.
3M80 2M22 6QS8 2M2 1EP500 Sony BDP-S590 Panny-7000 Onkyo-3007 Carada-134 Xbox Buttkicker AS-EQ1
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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My room stops at 5.1. Its too small for rear channels or another sub. If I get a new house with a larger "Theatre Room" in the future I can see myself going to 7.2. Unless I win the Lottery thats all I can imagine reasonably doing.
I mean really? Height and Width Channels? Perhaps adding a Centre channel to the rear as well... What is that? 12 channels? I think anything over 7 (non-LFE) channels would make for really minor improvements.
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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Axiom should offer receivers with pliiz decoding and a special on a second pair of effect speakers to go with it. Everyone of you out there could be a customer for 2 more Axiom speakers.
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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For me it will end at 7.2. Maybe when there are 9 or 11 channels of actual audio information i would consider going that route but I don't buy into all of the extra speakers with audyssey processing, etc. all from information for 5 (or 7) channels.
-David
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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I'll stick with my 2.0, thanks Shane
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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Too impure. Revert to mono.
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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Cross over M80s and M60s at about 80 Hz. Cross over M22s or M3s at about 100 Hz. Cross over the QS8s at 100 Hz.
Set speakers for large. If you have a sub though..you set the speakers to small..am I right???
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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Set them to what ever sounds best, some even run the sub with the M80s set to large for a double bass effect to help smooth out the in room response.
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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Re: 9.2 ....10. 2. ... 11.2 where does it end
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I set them all to large. Call me crazy.
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