Originally posted by: douggie
Originally posted by: rchang713
Dolby Prologic II can output any stereo signal to 5.1. It's good for listening to CDs. Kinda makes me feel like I'm not wasting my 5.1 setup when I'm listening to CDs.
Well, 5.1 is meant for movies, and only impt in action movies where you have planes, cars, rockets, missiles, bullets coming right towards you and "exits" through the back. Listening to music CDs using "forced" 5.1 just doesn't make sense. Maybe for concert CDs where you can replicate some echo effect so it seems that you're listening in a real stadium, but even that does not really require any kind of Dolby Prologic, just constant "echo-ing" would do. And for the most part, listenening to regular CDs other than normal stereo mode just adds noise to the sound (passing thru complicated DSP circuits).
For true audiophiles, they would avoid listening to CDs on "receivers", even if they turned off all the DSP effects! It's just not as clean. They prefer to have a pure stereo amp that doesn't have any bells and whistles (and with just front L/R speakers) and a whole separate 5.1 system for movies.
With so much hot deals going on, all i need is more room to have the above "2 system" entertainment setup! (and of course more $$$)