Post #349183 by GatorRob on Wed, Dec 12, 2007 2:56 PM

On 2007-12-12 10:19, Jeff Central wrote:
Music, if done correctly in 5.1 sounds incredible. Just listen to the Beatles "Love" audio DVD. It is an incredible listening experience that brought tears to my eyes.

Amen to that. I've got the "Love" DVD-audio and it is, as Jeff says, incredible. I'm a bit of a purist, but what they did to the music in the mixing room was pure genius. I also have some Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan and others on Super Audio CD and I've given some demos to folks on my 5.1 Mirage setup and they were just blown away. I think it really depends on the material as to whether it's going to work on 5.1. Exotica would work great, but it would be a bit of a novelty. I mean, how many of us sit down in the "sweet spot" to listen to exotica? Not me. It's playing in my home bar in plain jane stereo while I'm shakin' and sippin'.

But that's not to say that I wouldn't buy it, because I would. But it would probably be listened to in 5.1 maybe the first 2 or 3 times and then in just stereo in the home bar after that. So anyway, go for it you audio engineer geeks, you. Bring on your best surround sound mix!

You know, I do have to say that after a couple of Zombies, sitting in that "sweet spot" listening to Bwana A in 5.1 surround would be quite a mind blowing experience. :)