Audio system decimal naming

[mobobuff]

What do those values represent? Is it #speakers.#receivers, or #satellitespeakers.#subwoofers or what?. I have a 5.1 system (details in system rig) but I notice that two of the speaker units have 3 individual speakers (hi low mid). Always had a vague idea what the numbering meant but I just wanted it in concrete.

 

[Nebor]

The first number means the number of speakers. The second number is the number of subwoofers. Some people have rigged up 2 pair of Klipsch 2.1s to make a Promedia 4.2. :Q

 

[Aves]

#full range discrete channels.#LFE channels (subwoofers)

 

[Doggiedog]

So what exactly is a 7.1 system?

Are there discrete channels for FL/FR, mid left/mid right, RL/RR and a sub?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
So what exactly is a 7.1 system?

Are there discrete channels for FL/FR, mid left/mid right, RL/RR and a sub?

Discrete FL/FC/FR, ML/MR, RL/RR + sub.

You have the basic idea, you just forgot the center.

Viper GTS

 

[lancestorm]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
So what exactly is a 7.1 system?

Are there discrete channels for FL/FR, mid left/mid right, RL/RR and a sub?

FL, FR, Center, Surround L, Surround R, and 2 rear surrounds ... plus sub.

 

[Doggiedog]

Are there any movies that support 7.1 or is it just another proprietary scheme?

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Are there any movies that support 7.1 or is it just another proprietary scheme?

SDDS is the only 7.1 format I know of and it's only used in theaters.

 

[DanJ]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Are there any movies that support 7.1 or is it just another proprietary scheme?

Currently there is only one truly discrete 6.1 consumer format, being DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete.

 

[Doggiedog]

Thanks.

I just bought a new receiver and was hoping it wasn't obsolete before unpacking it like my older one.

 

[EngenZerO]

bah... give me 7.2

 

[Lonyo]

Give me 10.2
Hang them from the ceiling baby!

 

[EngenZerO]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Give me 10.2
Hang them from the ceiling baby!

i think sunfire has a pseudo 10.2 setup. i could be wrong though.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Give me 10.2
Hang them from the ceiling baby!

LOL... that's what i'm talking about.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Nebor
The first number means the number of speakers. The second number is the number of subwoofers. Some people have rigged up 2 pair of Klipsch 2.1s to make a Promedia 4.2. :Q

Thats nothing, try 3 sets for 6.3 ah... my poor dorm floor

 

[MustISO]

5.1 is fine for me. The only thing I would add to it is another sub.