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5.1 speaker system confusion
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Better sound quality. (There are different frequency responses from the different systems.)
Just get a better stereo system, since you're only listening to stereo music.
Mix and matching these things will NOT give you better sound quality. It'll give you an indistinct, out-of-phase mess.
Why do you think combining two systems with "different frequency responses" will improve the quality?0 -
Just get a better stereo system, since you're only listening to stereo music.
I don't want to spend the money. :-)Mix and matching these things will NOT give you better sound quality. It'll give you an indistinct, out-of-phase mess.
Meh. Subjectively it sounded much better when I ran my old desktop speakers and hi-fi at the same time. I can't image it would have been out-of-phase by much. The speaker cables are roughly the same length, and there's no subsequent digital signal processing of the sound card's output.Why do you think combining two systems with "different frequency responses" will improve the quality?
Because there will be a wider range of audible frequencies.0 -
No more than either system can manage on their own, and if each is adequate on its own, you'll get no benefit from using both simultaneously
That's a tautology. "If either system is adequate then it is adequate"?! Well, I don't find either adequate! Have you heard them?!
The old desktop speakers I have are surprisingly detailed in the top end. The hi-fi speakers have (only) a rich, warm mid-range and upper-bass.
When watching videos, it would be harder to hear the dialogue without using the desktop speakers. And it would be harder to hear the mid/bass without the hi-fi. Using them together meant that I could perceive more detail in the sound.
The new desktop speakers I have are a bit harsh in the top-end, and the lower-midrange is pretty much absent, but the sub-bass is... well... it exists. Which is something.
If anything, I trust my own ears when listening to an audio system. It's an absolute fact that using my old desktop speakers and hi-fi together sounds better to me.0 -
Mix and matching these things will NOT give you better sound quality. It'll give you an indistinct, out-of-phase mess.
Why do you think combining two systems with "different frequency responses" will improve the quality?
Not sure why it would give a sound out of phase as long as the speaker cones of all speakers are moving in the same direction at the same time which they're likely to be given that these things tend to follow a universal wiring standard. The only way they could be out of phase is if you wire one backwards to another.
If having sets of speakers with different frequency responses didn't improve sound then why do my £500 floorstanders have three different sized speakers in them?This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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