Surrounds modes pointless?

 

Kid-A
Unregistered guest
Hey all. I'm very suspect of the different sound modes on my Yamaha RX-V 650 such as the rock concert, jazz, music video, disco, etc settings. I believe, when listening to music, it is better to listen to it without any additional "enhancements". If the producers and engineers of the source material intended for the music to sound like it was coming from a "jazz club" of "rock concert" they would have done so. The neo6 for music sounds horrible, very muddy. It seems to me as though these accomniments take away from the purity of the source recording. I'm not sure however on the difference between the 2channel and 7 channel stero modes as far as if the 7 channel takes away somehow from the original intended sound of the music. For movies, I love the DTS coding automatic options.
 

Silver Member
Username: Dmwiley

Post Number: 333
Registered: Feb-05
And your question is what? Otherwise, we thank you for your opinion and I am sure we will give it the consideration it deserves.
 

New member
Username: Btzou

Post Number: 2
Registered: Apr-05
I have a Yamaha receiver, forgot the model, but very possibly identical to the one you own. Anyhow, all Yamaha models allows you to configure any of these mode. When I did that, I found the four DTS modes (Adventure, Spectacle, Sci-Fi, General) were preset to fairly similar parameters, so I changed it to my liking. Other music modes (Hall, Jazz, Rock, Disco, etc) can also be twigged. They sound great. I think of this as a good feature. Think about it, there's no standard sound that a Rock band is supposed to be recorded to. If you listen to a live band playing in a hall, a bar, or in open space, they'd be all different, so there's nothing wrong with these configurable modes. Perhaps most CDs are recorded in controlled rooms, but that's probably not the best place we listen to them, right? So for DTS, I made them sound like what the label (Spectacle, Sci-Fi, etc) suggest, spectacle should be "big", Adventure should have stronger low frequency subwoofer output, and so on.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Max190

Maryland Heights, Missouri US

Post Number: 28
Registered: Apr-05
Kid-A said... I believe, when listening to music, it is better to listen to it without any additional "enhancements".

I agree.
When listening to CDs I set my speaks back to large, sub off, and set my AVR in pure direct.

Steve
 

Silver Member
Username: Paul_ohstbucks

Post Number: 597
Registered: Jan-05
I think the point that the Kid-A was missing is that there are numerous ways to tweak your receivers output to your personal liking. No setting is 'universally' best, but it's a huge benefit to have many options available at your disposal to create the best sound possible for each individual taste.

 

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Username: Joe_c

Oakwood, Ga

Post Number: 130
Registered: Mar-05
dale lol!
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