6 x 1.000 songs on DVD in Mark Levinson System!
11-18-07, 08:32 PM
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When you turn on the ML's surround on a CD/MP3 disc, the closest you will possibly get to a surround sound is the "simulation". If you have a 5.1 DVD-Audio disc, the channels are mixed discretely meaning specific channels are meant to be sent to specific speakers using the decoder (either Dolby Digital or DTS) built in your head unit.
If you have a DVD-Audio disc of Blue Man Group, it comes with both DTS tracks and conventional tracks. You will definitely hear the difference between a true DTS/Dolby Digital surround and simulated surround ML put out on the conventional tracks.
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If you have a DVD-Audio disc of Blue Man Group, it comes with both DTS tracks and conventional tracks. You will definitely hear the difference between a true DTS/Dolby Digital surround and simulated surround ML put out on the conventional tracks.
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11-18-07, 09:47 PM
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OTOH, 5.1 can provide discreet rear channels. To get rear info from MP3 or CD (or any stereo source) you have to artificially create the rear channels. That said, some songs will result in more 'surround' content than others depending on how they happened to be recorded. But they will generally not have nearly the effect that a true 5.1 recording will have as far as pin point localization goes. With true 5.1, the production team determine exactly what will end up coming out what speakers. When you put a regular stereo program through a surround processor it's kind of hit and miss at best, if that makes any sense.
I've only had my car for one day so far, but I can say that I almost always prefer the surround in the off mode. I've listened to a lot of live recordings which I mixed and recorded, and they reproduce fairly well on this system. When I engage the surround mode they are all over the place. If I didn't record them and know how they were supposed to sound I may feel differently. Same with music in general. I know how most music I listen to was mixed so prefer to hear those mixes as close to right as possible.
Once again, there is no right or wrong way to listen to music. We all have different preferences, and some times the less you know the better.
It all comes down to what sounds best for each specific listener.
11-20-07, 12:18 PM
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