A well recorded 5.1 is wonderful.
Going from 5.1 to stereo the sound sounds horrible and flat - worse than the difference between stereo and mono.
Now - my tests were done on excellent classical recordings done by Mike Skeet, listened in his home with ATC SC 20 Pro fro front L & R and the rest ATC Pro 10s (the metal active ones).
He has even been doing experiments with side height information - *very* interesting.
But the 5.1 has to be properly recorded and not gimmicky - and having read lots of Rick and The Byre's comments on other forums think they will agree with me. |