Surround Processors

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Topic: Surround Processors

Posted By: sparkyz125
Subject: Surround Processors
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 4:09 AM

I am not familiar with surround processors, I was wondering if they take an analog left right input and then put out surround sound output or if you can only get the surround sound with a digital input? Thanks for any help.

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Posted By: sparkyz125
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 4:46 AM

What I thought is that if you use the analog input it will use pro logic and create a 5.1 output, but if you use digital input it will have true 5.1 surround. Is this correct?

Posted By: jtrevill
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 2:35 PM

correct - most of them will create a "fake" 5.1 out of 2 channel. With a processor, you get true 5.1 digital surround...

Posted By: homer1
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 3:38 PM

*Qualifier* - if the material was recorded in a 5.1 digital format - Dolby Digital or DTS, & passed as a digital signal to the processor.

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Posted By: jtrevill
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 3:41 PM

Great catch, that is an important qualifier...

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