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Originally posted by scottmandue
Mongo want make happy sounds out of little boxes!
Okay Jack, when I become emperor you will be in charge of all things audio.
But seriously, I think my receiver has DTS and a whole other alphabet soup on the front plate, I'll check when I get home from work. My receiver and DVD have discrete in/out and the receiver has a graphic that lights up what channels it is outputting (is that a word?).
Fronts - Left, Center, Right
Left and Right Surround Side
Center rear.
LFE.
Doesn't sound like (pun not intended) it is worth the $$$ just to add a extra speaker.
Probably better to spend the cash having my T belt done and maybe look for a set of 16" Fuchs.
Thanks
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If you have a center rear surround, it sounds like your receiver is DTS-ES capable. Which IMHO, is much better than 7.1 surround(Dolby Digital Surround EX), as the extra channel is discrete. The only thing that a 7.1 receiver adds that your's doesn't is that special encoding to play the surround backs during Dolby Digital surround movies. My rear center is dead during Dolby Digital movies, it only works during DTS encoded movies.
Now, if you have all 6 surround speakers, you could vary well upgrade to a DTS-ES enabled receiver that is also 7.1, and just use the 6 speakers you have in their current cofiguration. This will gain you the Dolby Digital Surround EX capabilities, without the added expensive of extra speakers.