Is 5.1 better than any 2 channel can be? Surely a matter of taste and
experience. Certainly I have not heard all stereo and 5.1 recordings
ever made and, so far, no G-format material. My point is from my home
user perspective that superstereo and UHJ decoding is pretty easy
these days to include in decoders at minimal cost and very little
brain-ache for users. It's just a shame that superstereo decoders are
in expensive boxes.
In any case, superstereo was designed to give a better presentation of
stereo than a plain old stereo decode, which I think it does very well
as long as one does not try to widen the image noticeably beyond the
front speakers. So including superstereo as an option in surround
decoders seems a no-brainer.
Steve
On 13 Apr 2012, at 03:08, Stefan Schreiber wrote:
In which sense is UHJ and "superstereo" a viable alternative to 5.1
surround, if 5.1 is clearly better than any 2-channel system can be?
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