surrounds in 5.1

I probably know the answer already, but I thought I would ask anyway. Is there anyway to use the back surrounds instead of the side surrounds on the 5.1 input?

Thanks,
Dan

I doubt it. It looks like if you have the rear surrounds playing at all, you get the sides also. You can always put an outboard speaker switcher in-line with your speakers to swap the sides for the backs. You would choose a mode that doesn't include the rears in that case.

I think the only way to do this would be a switch of some sort between the 950 and your amp(s) -- something that would direct the surround signals to the surround back amp instead of the surround amp. It would take some creative wiring.

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That was the only advantage my Denon 3802 had over the 950 was the 7.1 input instead of the 5.1. The 950 is a great sounding unit though.

Thanks for the replies.

Dan

It's one of the things I suggested on my "wish list" (see one of the other fora...) A lot of DVD-A material is meant to be used with rear, rather than side surrounds, and I wanted to be able to send 5.1 material to either F/C/R/SL/SR, or F/C/R/RL/RR. One would think it would be an easy thing to implement in the pre/pro, where the feature belongs...

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