{"id":25076,"date":"2011-11-09T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=25076"},"modified":"2011-12-31T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T02:29:53","slug":"surround-sound-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/surround-sound-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Week Poll: How Many Speakers Do You Use in Your Home Theater?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s discuss audio in this week&#8217;s poll. Do you have surround sound in your home theater, or are you an old-school two-channel stereo listener? Are you still stuck with the TV&#8217;s built-in speakers, or do you have a tricked-out multi-channel system with speakers in every nook and cranny of the room?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried to accommodate a lot of different possibilities in the voting options for the poll below. I expect that the majority of our readers probably have a tried-and-true 5.1 audio set-up with three channels across the front, two surrounds and a subwoofer. That&#8217;s the default standard for modern feature film soundtracks, after all. <\/p>\n<p>I run a 7.1 system with two center back channels in my home theater. What do you have?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-142\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_142\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_142_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"c90549195a\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How Many Speakers Do You Use in Your Home Theater?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-142-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-710\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"710\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-710\">I only use the TV's speakers.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-711\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"711\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-711\">I use a soundbar.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-712\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"712\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-712\">I use stereo speakers.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-713\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"713\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-713\">I have an older Dolby ProLogic-only system.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-714\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"714\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-714\">I have a 3.1 system.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-715\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"715\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-715\">I have a 5.1 system.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-716\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"716\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-716\">I have a 6.1 system (one center back channel).<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-717\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"717\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-717\">I have a 7.1 system (two center back channels).<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-718\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"718\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-718\">I use 5.1 + Width channels.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-719\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"719\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-719\">I use 5.1 + Height channels.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-720\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"720\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-720\">I use 5.1 + Width and Height channels.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-721\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"721\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-721\">I use 7.1 + Width channels.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-722\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"722\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-722\">I use 7.1 + Height channels.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-723\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"723\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-723\">I use 7.1 + Width and Height channels.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-724\" name=\"poll_142\" value=\"724\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-724\">Other (please specify).<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(142);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(142); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-142-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><em>[Banner image comes from the (totally absurd) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kipnis-studios.com\/The_Kipnis_Studio_Standard\/About_Us.html\">Kipnis home theater<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s discuss audio in this week&#8217;s poll. 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