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Rear Channel fill

I have to start out by saying I was in high school, when the 4 channel or quad hi-fi made it's debut.  The discrete quad was very different, but appealing.  I remember in Nashville, on WKDA, they would broad cast the Quad hour.  That's not what it was called, but close.  Of course it was nothing like the quad LP's that were sold.  Real quad is mind bending.  Alas-no more.  Now, the debut of 5.1 surround, has let dad or husband get pretty good sound "for the family."
Sometimes, I enjoy adding rear channel speakers, at a low level, as "fill."  Some say they want to experience the live concert experience, but the only concert experiences I recall, that were of great quality, were classical concerts I had to attend for school.  In the right venue-wow.
I mostly listen to old classic rock, some hybrid bluegrass and progressive jazz.  About the only thing I can say about live rock concerts is that some of them, when mixed properly, are ass kicking, as far as sound that drives me into my chair-when sitting down,  Anyway, sometimes I like to add a little rear channel fill.  Am I alone?  I've had some say I'm not reproducing the "real' concert sound.
I dig it-occasionally.
handymann
handymann OP
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imhifan:
I have experienced surround sound in audio, bet I don't prefer it.  I still enjoy 2-channel sound, but occasionally, with just a little signal doing to my rear speakers.  You actually have to get close to the speaker, to hear if it's even on.  It just sounds like more of a whole room effect.  I'm in the process of building a modified QRD-13, to put on the front wall, with more emphasis on the lower frequencies.  Soon, I plan to build two QRD-11's to put behind my listening chair.  I have an abundance of absorption, that serves me well.  Sometimes I think I may have too much.  I can't hear things I used to, I know are in certain LP's, but it could be age.  I can't hear anything over 12Khz.:(
handymann OP
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bdp24
I don't want you to misinterpret what I'm saying.  Yes-I'm talking about the same signal sent to my rear speakers as the front, but at a very low level.  You actually have to get close to the speaker to hear if it's even on.  Just gives me a fuller sound.  I don't do it all the time, just occasionally.
handymann OP
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bdp24:
I went up to listen for a while and I will say, when incorporating the rear speakers, I loose some of my imaging and sound stage.  One would speculate, it would be the opposite. I guess with 4 dimensional sound  sound, you have no reference point. My son recently visited and he had the same opinion as you.  I love this forum.  Always thinking and learning.
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