Mike, Thanks for providing a thorough background on what RFC is doing.
However, I think my original point still stands: if the original source material was mixed/recorded in 2.0, you are really getting only a facsimile of true 5.1 surround sound. This can be achieved via the -encoder- method as you described (subsequently decoded by a Dolby Digital surround receiver), _or_ via a -decoder- like Dolby ProLogicII. Regardless the result is the same. If you take "Stairway to Heaven" and RFC encodes it using a the Omnia DSP to 5.1, the end result (decoded) is essentially the same as if you take the same song via regular 2.0 CD and decode it via Dolby ProLogicII/DTS Neo:6 Music/etc. You are getting a facsimile or "fake" surround sound. True 5.1 would only come from remixing of the original session tapes to a discrete 5.1 mix. Too bad RFC doesn't have access to broadcast some of the natively-mixed 5.1 material out there... -- SamS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67535 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
