just curious to know what surround mode you guys use for listening to music? (stereo, 5 channel stereo, bybass, dolby music, dts music)

how about movies? (DTS or Dolby)


i know its about personnal preference but just curious to know what the pros like?

Just taking a Poll for music and movies

For music I listen to upsampled stereo most of the time. I occasionally use 5-channel stereo when I'm not going to sit and listen. For movies my first choice is DTS (though I'd be hardpressed to tell the difference from Dolby) when it is available on the disc.

when in dolby for movies, do you like to play with dimension, center width, and panarama? thanks avfan.
sincerely,
angelo

Music: Stereo when I'm sitting in one spot, 7 stereo otherwise.

Movies: Dolby PLIIx-C

I use stereo (specifically upsample with my 990) for two-channel music. DVD-A and SACD, of course, don't get any processing.

For TV and movies, I use Pro Logic IIx-Movie (when the source is PCM stereo or Dolby Digital 2.0 it is used by itself, but when it'd a Dolby 5.1 source I apply Pro Logic IIx-Movie on top of Dolby 5.1 because I have a 7.1 speaker setup). If a disc includes a DTS track, I most often use it (with Pro Logic IIx unless it's a DTS ES track). Flagged Dolby EX tracks force EX decoding, but otherwise I use Pro Logic IIx.

gonk, what is upsample stereo? do you listen to bypass often?

For CDs, I often use DTS neo6 ( I find that the DTS gives me a richer sound than Dolby. It's particularly nice for strings)or upsampled stereo. No processing for SACDs and DVD-Audio.
For Movies, DTS when the track is there, or Dolby prologic IIx when I want to emphasis the dialog.
I only use 7 chan. stereo for parties.

Upsample is an option in the 990 that converts digital audio (such as the 16-bit, 44.1KHz from CD's) to 24-bit, 192KHz.

I don't use analog bypass because the 990 has better DAC's than my DVD player (OPPO 981HD).

I use Dolby PLIIX-C for most of my movies unless the DVD has a DTS. Even then I like to keep the 6th channel running and I don't think the DTS mode on the Outlaw runs the rear channel. Example, Das Boot [Superbit Format] includes both Dolby Digital and DTS. I like playing around with both to hear the differences.

I used Stereo 2.0 for all my music.

Question: is 7 channel stereo even an option for me when my setup is 6.1?