does dts signal send same as front to rear?
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want to build a 5.1 with 4 monitor 70' , a cs20 center . a 200 rms sub . using dts settings , hooked to my pc , will i be getting same sound in rears as fronts , as far as wattage?
Thanks. frank
Thanks. frank
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Welcome to CP frank. I do not think the DTS will give you the same sound front to rear as long as the sound track was not recorded that way. Not sure if I am following your post correctly, but you will also need some type of amp between your PC and the speakers.
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Hi,
If I remember correctly I think Curt and Cheddar pretty much explained all that in the following thread--
https://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100129
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After reading your other thread, I'm understanding you a little better. In your other thread you spoke of gaming and referred to someone stepping on a twig behind you. If the recording Eng. did a good job, and the twig in front of you was supposed to be the same distance from you as the twig behind you, and was stepped on with the same amount of force, and your system was calibrated correctly, then it should be of equal perceived volume to you. If your front and rear speakers are all the same then yes, for that sound, they would draw the same amount of power, if you are an equal distance from the speakers. If you are not an equal distance from the speakers, they would draw the power needed to produce the volume level needed for you to perceive that the sound was an equal distance from you. If you had different rear speakers and all the above variables remained the same, the perceived volume to you should be the same, but the power draw may be different. I'm not much of a gamer, so I do not know if that much effort is put into the sound tracks on games. I suppose it's like movies, and some are better than others.
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Not sure of all this talk of equal distance and power draw....
Sounds will come from the speaker that the audio engineer/mixer wants it to achieve the desired audio effect -whether that is the front, center, or rears.
And in general, there is not alot of sound coming from the rear speakers, so in general they will not be drawing as much power over the course of a movie as the fronts - that is why you will read alot of recommendations about getting an external amp to drive your fronts and center as that is where most of the sound comes from and the needed power. Rears don't draw equal power - they typically draw *less* depending on the effect.
If an effect is supposed to sound loud from the rear - like an explosion, then for that brief effect, that rear speaker will draw more power (but not necessarily in relation to the fronts because they could be playing something loud OR soft).
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Erik Tracy wrote: »Not sure of all this talk of equal distance and power draw....
Sounds will come from the speaker that the audio engineer/mixer wants it to achieve the desired audio effect -whether that is the front, center, or rears.
And in general, there is not alot of sound coming from the rear speakers, so in general they will not be drawing as much power over the course of a movie as the fronts - that is why you will read alot of recommendations about getting an external amp to drive your fronts and center as that is where most of the sound comes from and the needed power. Rears don't draw equal power - they typically draw *less* depending on the effect.
If an effect is supposed to sound loud from the rear - like an explosion, then for that brief effect, that rear speaker will draw more power (but not necessarily in relation to the fronts because they could be playing something loud OR soft).
I think you are saying the same thing as me. If the Eng. mixed a sound to be a certain volume level from any ch. and (not necissarily at the same time) wanted that same sound and level on a different ch. with identical speakers the draw would be the same. If the one ch. is further away, the calibration would increase the level so that the volume at the location the mic was for cal. would be the same, but a higher draw to produce it. -
In the other thread, the OP was trying to decide if they should use the same speakers for surrounds and fronts because they thought that all speakers might see the same watts while watching a movie, listening to music, or playing a game. After Curt and I explained that the L/C/R speakers will typically be used far more than the surrounds, the OP seemed to move in the direction of saving some money on the surrounds.
I guess you can continue to have the same conversation here, but we already made a lot of progress in the other thread and I'm not sure if the OP is still monitoring this one.
