7.1 Surrond sound systems with Dolby True HD

[RandellG]

Whats is some good surrond sound systems that put out 7.1 and Dolby True HD?

[rmoody]

Onkyo TX-SR605 does I believe. However, glocksout chime in here, hardly any movies actually use a 7.1 sound track. I figured that out and sort of wish I had not bothered getting the extra 2 S-3's for my setup, but oh well.

[RandellG]

does it sound bad or something?

[glocks out]

I haven't heard of a TrueHD 7.1 track yet. I know some Lions Gate BDs have had 7.1 DTS:HD-MA tracks, but only a couple. Even if it did have 7.1, I don't think any HD DVD player currently would decode the 7.1 track.

what rmoody was saying is that I recommend putting more money into a 5.1 system than spending the same on a 7.1 system because you will get better quality sound from better speakers while 7.1 will only give you a marginally better rear surround stage in pans.

[rmoody]

Actually, I don't even have my second pair of surrounds connected as of yet. I was meaning that it was money that I should not have spent.

[ATLFalconsFAN]

Having a 7.1 set up sure looks cool though! I notice a difference with mine but I have also spent a lot more money than most people here would want to.

[Emoney7]

I have siad it once and say it again, you would have to tear me away kicking and screaming to try to get me to go back to 5.1,

7.1 with my onkyo 705, doing the THX matrixing sounds sick

[marine92104]

I have the Pioneer VSX-94TH & you can turn on the back speakers for THX EX sound with Dolby True HD & it converts 5.1 to 7.1 Dolby TrueHD sound & it sounds great.

[Hi i'm God]

You could play Lair in full 7.1 might distract you from the controls too!

[Detroit Tigers Fan]

You could play Lair in full 7.1 might distract you from the controls too!

Lair... HAHA...funny...funny...nice joke.

[glocks out]

I have siad it once and say it again, you would have to tear me away kicking and screaming to try to get me to go back to 5.1,

7.1 with my onkyo 705, doing the THX matrixing sounds sick

Good for you. But when 80% of the sound comes from the front soundstage and the rear is only marginally better for the remaining 20%, if you are limited on your budget I still say stick it where sound actually comes from: the front.

[Supermodified]

What does uncompressed audio and tru HD sound like? Im thinkin about buyin a new reciever but I wanna know if im going to be able to tell the difference in the sound.

[TheWrathofBambi]

Yull hear a difference for sure. HD audio has the same affect as an HD picture if you think about it, you get much clearer sound. even better than the movie theater if you have the set up for it

[thestaton]

I have siad it once and say it again, you would have to tear me away kicking and screaming to try to get me to go back to 5.1,

7.1 with my onkyo 705, doing the THX matrixing sounds sick

True story, it's wild.

I love my 705 w/ 7.1 setup.

[pat00139]

The thing about a 7.1 setup is that it'll also play DTS-ES and Dolby EX tracks, which a 5.1 setup can't do.

However, as Glocks pointed out, there aren't many movies encoded with 7.1 sound. I can think of Delta Farce and Crank right now (in PCM), and Pan's Labyrinth is supposed to have DTS-MA in 7.1 when it comes out, as well. Other than that, I'm getting the 7.1 setup for the DTS-ES movies I own.