SPDIF (optical or coaxial) for surround uses compression to get all the channels to fit, NO MATTER WHICH system you use! There is no optical input on normal audio systems that can accept multichannel uncompressed.
ie DTS or DD (Dolby Digital) surround encoding on both. (Some also accept multichannel analogue input but you need to make sure of that)īe sure the optical in supports the codec your soundcard uses for surround otherwise you will only get stereo. You can get surround audio to it via optical or HDMI. Mine is a Denon AV amp connected via HDMI (running 6.2 speakers +4 Atmos height) and have done the same with Onkyo, Sony and many other AV amps, they all perform without a centre speaker really well.Įven cheap as chips crappy AV amps work fine. Sound doesnt come from above or below the TV, it comes from the centre and around it, very natural.Ĭentre sounds also combine better with left/right sounds. I dont use a centre channel speaker simply because its better! I use high end kit with a really good centre that remains unused.
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