I enjoy hearing the dialog in the rear speakers as well as in the center. Is there a receiver that has a setting that will do this? or do I have to splice my center channel wire to output to the center and rears?
I have a 5.1 setup Denon 2803 Ref 3.1 fronts orb audio mod4 center orb audio mod2 rears
Unless you could place the rear center exactly the same distance from you as the front center...you would need some way to balance the spl of the two (and delay times maybe?).
Have you tried fiddling with the preset soundfields such as "Stadium" or "Hall" for that matter? This will screw things up but that's your intention anyway to have dialogue coming out from your rears.
on my Denon 2803 when I put it in 5 channel stereo mode the dialogue started coming out of the rears and it sounded great and very intimate. In Lord of Rings I could hear Liv Tyler whispering my ear and I was completely involved in the scene....BUT...the 5 channel mode also killed the great surround feel of the crowd scenes and big moments. The cinema II mode for movies handles these well and is the 'traditinal' expectation of the home theatre....but limits the dialogue to the center channel....so I'd like the best of both and get the big surround feel with the intimacy of having voices nearby.
It just feels like 'center' should be where I am..not pushing out from the TV for a truly involved experience.
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