Archimago wrote: > Hi guys, wondering how you all are running multichannel rigs and what > format you're enjoying? > > ...... > > Are you folks doing multichannel streaming/playback like this? Still > playing SACD/DVD-A/Blu-Ray directly? > > Any favourite albums on multichannel?
To answer your questions: I have a home theater set up which uses an older Marantz HTR (which still works fine) with front, center and rear speakers plus a subwoofer. Playback is via either an Oppo blu-ray player (for SACD, DVD-A, DVD and blu-ray) or through a SB Touch (for DTS encoded flac files) Multi-channel for the most part is pretty much a joke - for movies and videos the rear channels have almost no content except for sound effects or crowd noise (sports broadcasts). About the only good thing is the center channel which does provide for nice clear dialog. For music it's pretty much equally useless with the rear channels just providing a little ambiance, which is more often than not barely audible. As for favorite multichannel albums I've heard one that actually uses the extra channels with any degree of artfullness: Björk's Medulla (on SACD). On Medulla any and all of the front, center or rear channels can be used as the primary point of origin for the music. Gimmicky? Yes but at least the rear channels get to do something besides play some barely audible "ambiance". Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102992
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