Bill ) wrote in alt.home-theater.misc:
I'll agree that while the source does not use discrete channels, the end
result essentially is discrete sounds in five channels

Except that it isn't. There is bleed-over/crosstalk between channels with
the exception of a few "test" signals.

Either way you look at it, it's still much better than its predecessors.

True.

It's just that using "discrete" when it isn't is one of my current buttons,
because the SRS people claim their "Circle Surround 5.1" offers 6 discrete
channels, even though the company itself will tell you that most signals
end up in more than one speaker even if the intent is for them to be in
just one.

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