XPost: rec.audio.pro   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   super70s   wrote:   
   >I've never used a true surround sound receiver until now (it's still in   
   >transit) and I assumed (wrongly I guess) all four speakers would be   
   >activated even when using the CD or phono modes.   
      
   No.  When it is going through the surround decoder, it will route the   
   appropriate dematrixed signals to the center and surround channel.  The   
   dialogue will be in the center, the ambient rear sounds will be in the   
   surround just the way it was mixed.   
      
   >I was just interested in hearing CDs and LPs from the front speakers   
   >only with a surround set up, the way I've been listening to music for 50   
   >years.   
      
   I am not sure what you mean by this.  Those recordings are not recorded in   
   surround.  If you were to run them through a surround decoder the effect   
   would be unpredictable with the stereo image constantly moving around.   
      
   >With my previous straight stereo receiver I just had the front speakers   
   >hooked up to "A" and the rear speakers hooked up to "B" and I could turn   
   >the rear speakers on and off when watching video or listening to CDs   
   >accordingly.   
      
   That would give you the same signals in the front and rear, and no surround   
   effects of any sort.  No center channel either, which is really annoying if   
   you aren't sitting on the center line of the room.   
   --scott   
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