Upmixing 2 channel


I was listening to a tidal motown playlist last night and i turned on dolby surround mode and it sounded really good. This was with only my front L&R on plus sub. I was kinda surprised by the sound.  I actually got up and walked up to my other speakers to verify that they were off.  Ive tried listening to music with all the channels on (5.1.2) and i always find my self going right back to 2.1 with no processing or anthem music mode and usually with the ARC turned off. I do find that when watching youtube or tidal videos sometimes all channel mode with some some type of processing sounds good especially with rap or classical. I guess i never tried  sorround mode while i was in 2 channel mode. If you havent guessed, i have a dual purpose system. The Anthem mrx 740 i use does have a good Sabre DAC. So I use the preouts on the avr to a 3 channel amp for my fronts. Using. A bluesound node for streaming. I know this is not an ideal set up for 2 channel. Im in the process of looking for a preamp or streamer/preamp with HT bypass to completely separate my channel listening  from the avr.  Im new to this with a preatty new system that im trying to dial in.  I was just wondering if any one else finds that upmixing 2 channel sounds good?  Could have been the playlist. I plan on trying different types of music tonight.  

sandrodg73

Sounds fantastic. Also sounds like a bit above my skill level and probably budget too.  I have a multi use room.  Sounds like u have a kick ass theater room.  I geuss lesson is to optimize calibration and speaker placement. Is room set up what u do?

If you have access to the Neo modes I find them superior to Dolby Surround. Also, there are now Dolby Music modes which I haven’t played with very much.

Sounds fantastic. Also sounds like a bit above my skill level and probably budget too. I have a multi use room. Sounds like u have a kick ass theater room. I geuss lesson is to optimize calibration and speaker placement. Is room set up what u do?

Typically, the higher end multichannel processors from Yamaha, Marantz, Trinnov, etc with the tools to achieve such results are designed with the professionals (integrators) in mind. They are the guys one pays to help them out. But, you don’t really need them if you can tinker and learn for a bit each time over a few months. The multichannel nerds tend to exist more on avsforum, quadrophonicquad, audiosciencereview, etc than Audiogon. For many of your technical questions that arise while you’re poking around inside these devices, there may be a existing thread somewhere.

 

Thanks much for the feed back. Ive never heard of neo mode or dolby music. Are those features on your avr

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