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When did home theater take over?
(chexxon) wrote in message . com...
OK, so when did everyone lose interest in music and go ga-ga over
movies? Enquiring minds want to know  . Pardon my ignorance, but
you see, I pulled a bit of a hi-fi Rip Van Winkle. After buying my
current stereo system in the early 90's, I took 10 years off from
being an audio buff, and only recently got back into it. And I
quickly found out that most "audio" stores have been transformed into
video ones ! Half the floor space is now taken up by large-screen
TV's, the DVD players have largely displaced the CD players, and
speakers are now 6-piece units rather than pairs. What the heck is
going on here !?
I added three channels to my old sterio system. The right and left of
the sterio are now the right and left channels of the 5 channel movie
system.
At first I didn't like the sound of 5 channels. After a few months,
my ears adjusted to the surround sound. Now when I put on a two
channel CD, it sounds blah and lifeless.
Last summer we were watching a movie. Suddenly my daugher jumped up
and looked out the open window behind her. Then she laughed, and said
that she thought an airplane was flying low over the house, but then
realised the sound was coming from the system.
Bob Stanton
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