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tubasam tubasam
 
December 18, 2008 09:51 PM

What is the difference between a 7.1 home theater system and a 5.1 system? Is it worth the price difference?

I need to buy a new home theater sound system and the 7.1 seems to be generally more expensive.
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clarusvisu... clarusvisu...
 
 December 18, 2008 10:05 PM
You generally have to be really hardcore about your sound for it to matter. That numbering system is:

X.Y

Where X is the number of speakers and Y is the number of subwoofers. So a 5.1 system has 5 speakers and 1 subwoofer, while 7.1 is 7 speakers and 1 subwoofer.

The average person wouldn't even know where to PUT seven speakers, so you're probably just fine with a 5.1 system. Then again, this is coming from someone who's never really wanted more than two.
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kublakant kublakant
 
December 18, 2008 09:55 PM
Two more speakers. Seriously, you won't be able to tell any difference. Most recordings are in 5.1 anyway.

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drmatt drmatt
 
December 18, 2008 09:56 PM
The first number is how many speakers you have around you. The decimal number (.1) indicates a sub-woofer.

5.1 - Center speaker, two front speakers, two rear speakers. 7.1 adds two mid speakers located to your left and right.

It is worth the price? Depends on the price. I can only see it being incrementally better... but I'm not an audiophile...

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cherman cherman
 
December 18, 2008 10:03 PM
The 7.1 has 8 speakers while the 5.1 has 6. You won't tell the difference, especially because almost all DVDs and Bluray only support 5.1.

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