Listening now in fake 5.0 (Large Woofer Center & Surrounds, DPLIIm)

[~dave~~wave~]

Jefferson Airplane ~ After Bathing At Baxter's

(sipping a Tequila Zombie, waiting for the artillery to start)

 

[Jim the Oldbie]

Man, talk about your instant-classic album covers...

Yeah, in my state we recently legalized "real" fireworks. Younger me would've been overjoyed; old cranky me is just annoyed at all the racket.

(Now playing: The Pursuit of Happiness, "I'm An Adult Now")

 

[kap'n krunch]

Cool...There's this other thread,, which, granted, it's called "fake QUAD", but it's really surround...and there are a lot of great sounding discs!!!

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Cool...There's this other thread,, which, granted, it's called "fake QUAD", but it's really surround...and there are a lot of great sounding discs!!!

On my system, with un-encoded stereo source material, I generally get the best results with a large-woofer center channel presenting a focused bass in the front sound stage.
Other instruments and vocals often benefit from a 3-channel front as well IME, hence a new and separate thread.

YMMV.

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Miles Davis ~ before & after BB.
Not as discrete as the quad, but pleasingly spread around the room.

In A Silent Way ~

• Recorded: February 18, 1969

Live-Evil

• Recorded: February 6, 1970 – December 19, 1970

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Miles Davis ~ Big Fun (Disc 2)

Significant surround effects, from a few folks you might recognize.
The 5.0 presentation really works well for bass in the center channel on Lonely Fire.
Effective isolation in the rears of DeJohnette's drums, & J Mac's funky "Shaft"-like wah guitar.