Originally Posted by
Deerfield
Just 'built' my home theater with the 5.1 set up (4 surround , a center and a sub) - I have tested and each speaker appears to be calibrated correctly.
My only question is - when watching a high def 5.1 dolby program (like on one of the HD channels), very few times do I get any remarkeble sound from the 2 surround speakers as apposed to the center and 2 front. Some programs I do - MAXHD 'King Kong' for instance was great.
My assumption is that most programs just dont put much volume through the 'surround ' speakers - not a calibration setting.
Any thoughts out there? I primarily watch sports and it is 50/50 whether or not I get true 4 speaker sound impact.
Thanks.
I like the surround especially during sports so I have deliberately cranked the volume on the surround channels especially the back. Watching football with surround is awesome because you can drop the center hannel and lose the announcers. You get all the ambiance and no talking heads. You do, however, get the sound effects and production music, and the commercials will get quite loud doing it like that. Bu tthe game rocks! The local football play by play guy is first rate (Jeff Joniak, WBBM-AM) so I like to put him in the center channel as I get a far better account formthe game form the radio guys.
--PP