7.1 or 5.1

Sorry, I was away for a time, and I was not aware that Audiogon had become an "Analog Forum" or "Analog Room."

Was there an official declaration? Or did it just evolve on a de facto basis?

12-08-14: Jameswei
Sorry, I was away for a time, and I was not aware that Audiogon had become an "Analog Forum" or "Analog Room."

Was there an official declaration? Or did it just evolve on a de facto basis?

It's not rocket science; when you go to Forums, you see several discussion groups, including Home Theater, Digital, Speakers, Analog, Music, etc. Since surround sound has been in the digital doman for about two decades and analog generally refers to vinyl records and open reel tape, the logical forum for 7.1 surround sound would be home theater or digital, It's not like you needed an official memo to sort that one out.

Ah. Thank you for explaining.

I have been accessing threads through Recent Discourse and never noticed the categorization of discussion groups. (I don't remember that we used to have such classifications.) I'll be sure to note this in the future.

Most SOTA movieplexes these days have the largest multi-channel formats for sound available. Go listen to a good one and hear for yourself.

Of course when scaled down to the size of most home theater rooms, teh benefits become much more marginal.