5.1 Speakers

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Before we go any further and before we get into the good stuff I'd like to spend just a couple of minutes talking about 5.1 channel speakers. For the people that might not know too much about it, I'll give you a little background information that I think will be helpful down the line.

First what are 5.1 channel speakers? Well they are the most common form of surround sound. They are what you encounter most often when you're talking about surround sound. Any system or stereo that has 5.1 channel speakers actually has six speakers. There is a left front speaker, there is a center front speaker, there is a right front speaker, as well as a left rear, a right rear, and a subwoofer.

The first five speakers that I mentioned, left right, center front, right front, left rear, and right rear, have a frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The sixth speaker, the last one on the list above, the subwoofer, has a frequency response of only 3 Hz to 120 Hz. Whenever you're talking about 5.1, the subwoofer is the .1 in 5.1.

There are many different standards that use 5.1 channel speakers: In fact, they are used in movie theaters by Dolby stereo digital, Digital theater systems DTS, as well as Sony dynamic Digital sound or SDDS. Many people don't know this but it is true, and fairly interesting.

5.1 channel speakers are not only used in movie theaters, they are also used in home entertainment systems by Dolby surround digital. Now Dolby surround digital is very similar to Dolby stereo digital which is a format that's used in some theaters.

5.1 surround sound will also every now and then be referred to as three dash two stereo, which is something that a lot of people don't know. What does 3-2 refer to you ask? Well I will tell you because here at 51-speakers.com we aim to please, and that means useless trivia too! In this case 3-2 refers to three front speakers and two rear speakers.

Many people think that music and video content: each require different placements. But this is a complete utter and total myth! The only thing you have to worry about when it comes to placing is that 5.1 speaker layouts really must conform to the ITU-R BS.775 standard. That standard states in basic simple terms that left and right speakers should be located at plus and minue 30° and at same time rear speakers should usually be positioned around plus or muinus 110°. Some people suggest that rear loudspeakers pointed at plus or minus 150° might provide a more exciting sort of sound effect. But I'm not sure if I believe that are not.

I could go into more detail about the technical specifics of 5.1 speakers, but I suspect you're not here for a history lesson or science lesson; you want to get the deals on the speakers. You want to save some money! I'm with you. So let's get down to the good stuff... explore the website, and I hope you find what you're looking for and thanks for stopping by.

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