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12-10-2007, 22:36

be careful buying surround speakers if you expect to be able to get dolby decoding - for example if your DVD player doesn't have a built in decoder, nor does the surround system, you will not get 'proper' surround sound.

My system ( a very old Cambridge Soundworks / Creative 5.1 ) has IIRC a 20W centre, 4 15W satellites & a 25W sub - fine for a small room, but any larger I think it would start to struggle - it may appear you get louder with the theoretical 105W, but the distance to the speaker has to be taken into account & a 15W sound effect from 12 feet away over your left shoulder, may not sound louder than the same 8W sound , directly ahead ....

12-10-2007, 22:36	#4
homealone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 5.1 surround. be careful buying surround speakers if you expect to be able to get dolby decoding - for example if your DVD player doesn't have a built in decoder, nor does the surround system, you will not get 'proper' surround sound. My system ( a very old Cambridge Soundworks / Creative 5.1 ) has IIRC a 20W centre, 4 15W satellites & a 25W sub - fine for a small room, but any larger I think it would start to struggle - it may appear you get louder with the theoretical 105W, but the distance to the speaker has to be taken into account & a 15W sound effect from 12 feet away over your left shoulder, may not sound louder than the same 8W sound , directly ahead ....