dark_jedi said:
LOL, with my new audio set up I will take 7.1 over mono any day of the week, and as far as wiping the floor, NO WAY DUDE! these new HD audio's are just SO powerful you can feel it, I just got all new POLK speakers and a Yamaha 7.2 Receiver so this new HD audio is friggin SWEET!
So 7.1 for me over mono any frackin day.
Yes, I'm aware that most people feel that way and are of that opinion, but what I meant by my statement "a mono track can wipe the floor with a 7.1 sourround track" is the artistic value behind it, how much you can hear sound behind you or the bass doesn't equally mean superior in my world, I take a well made original theatrical mix made for when the film was made before anything a technician have come up with for the newest video release just because it is the new shit. I take Walter Murch's "The Conversation", "THX 1138" over a crap 7.1 mix for Fast and the Furious or Triple X, just because the latter are powerful doesn't mean it fit a 70's film especially when it's not done by the people responsible for the films audio in the first place. (I know that my comparisons of films wasn't the best ;) but I hope you get what I mean)