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Suggested configuration for 5.1 music listening In music, the main goal of 5.1 surround sound is a proper localization and equability of all acoustic sources for a center-positioned audience. Therefore, ideally five matched speakers should be used.
Typical layout of loudspeakers in a 5.1 home theater loudspeaker system. Block diagram of a 5.1 channel bass management system, with nominal filtering characteristics. There are notation differences between the pre-bass-managed signal and after it has passed through the bass manager. For example, when using 5.1 surround sound: [2] [3]
Prior to surround sound, theater sound systems commonly had three screen channels of sound that played from three loudspeakers (left, center, and right) located in front of the audience. Surround sound adds one or more channels from loudspeakers to the side or behind the listener that are able to create the sensation of sound coming from any ...
Some matrix encoding surround sound systems use a single back center channel surround (Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx 6.1) or a back left and back right (Dolby Pro Logic IIx 7.1) speaker configuration. Often the standard surround channels are misconceived to be "rear channels" when they are in fact meant to be placed at 90-120 degrees.
Although commonly associated with the 5.1 channel configuration, Dolby Digital allows a number of different channel selections. The options are: Dolby Digital 1/0 – Mono (center only) Dolby Digital 2/0 – 2-channel stereo (left + right), optionally carrying matrixed Dolby Surround; Dolby Digital 3/0 – 3-channel stereo (left, center, right)
Atmos in home theaters can support 24.1.10 channels [15] [51] and uses the spatially-encoded object audio sub-stream to mix the audio presentation to match the installed speaker configuration. There are programs from Dolby that handle 128 objects (including 118 dynamic objects and 10 beds) for macOS and Windows.