What is 7.1 surround sound?

[SithSolo1]

I know what 5.1 is and 6.1 but how is 7.1 setup?

2 front
2 rear
1 center
1 mid-rear
1 sub
1 ?????

 

[Nohr]

2 Front
2 Rear
1 Center
1 Left
1 Right
.1 Sub

 

[conjur]

2 front
1 center
2 rear
2 rear-centers (left and right....typically matrixed...I'm not sure if there is a full discrete 7.1 setup...there is a discrete 6.1 setup)
1 subwoofer

 

[oniq]

1 in your head

 

[ziptie]

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[Zee]

that's some sick sh!t. next will be 9.1 when they put speakers above and below the seating position.

 

Originally posted by: conjur
2 front
1 center
2 rear
2 rear-centers (left and right....typically matrixed...I'm not sure if there is a full discrete 7.1 setup...there is a discrete 6.1 setup)
1 subwoofer

Nope its matrixed, No 7.1 discrete.

 

[vi edit]

Seriously...wouldn't you have to have your room engineered from the ground up to make it acoustically compatible with a setup this complex?

Outside of bragging rights, is there really any discernable difference between 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 SS setups???

 

[sillymofo]

My 7.1 Rig.

Center: Energy Veritas V2.0 Center
Fronts: Energy Veritas V2.4i
Sides: Energy Veritas V2.0 Rear
Rears: Energy Veritas V2.2
Sub: Klipsch RSW-10

Receiver: Denon AVR-3802 (cheesy for now, until I can afford the 7 channel HALO Seperates by Parasound) The speakers killed me.
EDIT: My neighbors hate me.

 

[clicknext]

7.1... I can barely tell which is which with just 5.1... lol. Ah well, it'll probably keep going up until it gets to 25.8 or something.

 

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Seriously...wouldn't you have to have your room engineered from the ground up to make it acoustically compatible with a setup this complex?

Outside of bragging rights, is there really any discernable difference between 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 SS setups???

I can hear the difference with media that offers DDex and DTSes. I have a modest 6.1 setup in a apartment.

Onkyo TX 797
Energy Take 5.2 system with S 8.2 sub and a extra Energy center for the rear center.