Listening To Vinyl On Surround Sound

Audio for a surround sound system has to be sent though a mixer so that it can create a sound field.

Listening to vinyl on surround sound.

It may sound like common sense but buying a turntable is not that simple. While these machines are an affordable solution for many they may not be able to be connected to a receiver or external speakers. Surround sound on the other hand is a system with 3 or more speakers. I m not claiming 5 1 6 1 or 7 1 multichannel sound is bad.

That said surround sound systems more commonly come in 5 and 7 channel setups. Now that vinyl records are making a resurgence many home audio electronics manufacturers are making all in one turntables to lure music fans. In a surround music mode sounds recorded to the far right or left front will be pulled more to the sides and rear creating a holographic soundstage in the shape of a horseshoe. If they mixed the album in 2 channel listen to it in 2 channel.

Vinyl can still push music to the limits of its dynamic range 55 70db but it often shies away from doing so in order to maintain sound quality. A basic surround sound setup would be a center channel and a left and right. If the movie was created to be 5 1 well darn it listen to it in 5 1 it ll sound great. Probably the most interesting music listening in surround sound comes from recordings where at least some sounds are mixed hard to the left and right.

That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings.