In my 50+ yrs of playing in "REAL" Bands my own and sitting in with many others "It was like you were sitting in the middle of the band" doesn't excite me that much!...lolOL:thmbsp:
It's true. On stage is often the worst place to be for good, balanced sound. esp if you're playing with a rock n'roll band.
Before you dismiss, listen to a well setup system.
I have. I've dismissed.
I used surround sound going back to Dolby Surround days and enjoyed it but I found it's something I can do without. I'm not against it, I just don't need it. Any movie that would be appreciably improved by surround sound use vs. mono or 2 channel stereo would have to be a pretty crummy movie, you know, some nonsense like Die Hard IV or something.
Just like in 2-channel; careless or subpar set-ups will yield lousy sound. Don't dismiss the entire format because of a lack of effort.
Wow, pretty narrow view, huh.
Or don't - save all that money and just enjoy on headphones, hey?
What do headphones have to do with it? Is that an attempt to argue that one might as well use 2 channel stereo with headphones as with speakers?
As for Moulin Rouge and 3:10 to Yuma in both cases I prefer the monophonic 1950s pictures of those names, the one by John Huston and the other by Delmer Daves.
I love surround sound. I can't imagine anybody not thinking it to be superior if they heard it at home, done right, from a purely sonic reasoning. Yet, I use 2-channel in my theater-room because of my hatred of clutter and the expense of having 5 or 7 ESL-63s in my theater room would break me.
My stereo rig does image better than many crappy 5 and 7 channel systems I've heard, but a well done, calibrated and matched surround system is nearly impossible to argue against when you're in the room with it, going back and forth between 2 channels and full surround, especially using BluRay. There's simply no comparison. But you don't have to go the best route, as sometimes its just not as easy to live with it long term, given the space and expense constraints.
I am not not into surround sound. :scratch2:Anyone else not into surround sound?