I'm old enough to have purchased cassette tapes in the early MTV days...and found compact discs to be amazing little pieces of technology when they started to become mainstream.
Fast forward to a time when I actually had the resources to purchase my own audio hardware, including a nice low-THD amplifier and decent quality floor-standing speakers in a 5.1 configuration.
Enter disappointment when I realized that while it was possible for my amplifier to split the input signal across all 5 channels plus the LFE channel, the music source was only encoded in 2-channel stereo. Then I went down the SACD, DVDA, etc route for a bit, only to end somewhat frustrated that it required hoop-jumping to get good quality multi-channel source material.
I haven't endeavored in this realm for some time now. Mostly, while coding I just use my Schiit Modi with some KRKs in my office for 2-channel stereo listening via a mix of Spotify and local FLAC files. However, I do wonder if anyone here has any recommendations for finding multi-channel digital music that I could enjoy in my home theater where a true decent quality multi-channel setup exists?
Aren’t most Blue-Ray audio disks multi channel 5.1? It looks like a pretty mature industry with many albums available even at major retailers like Amazon.
Or do you mean digital in the sense of available to download?
Fast forward to a time when I actually had the resources to purchase my own audio hardware, including a nice low-THD amplifier and decent quality floor-standing speakers in a 5.1 configuration.
Enter disappointment when I realized that while it was possible for my amplifier to split the input signal across all 5 channels plus the LFE channel, the music source was only encoded in 2-channel stereo. Then I went down the SACD, DVDA, etc route for a bit, only to end somewhat frustrated that it required hoop-jumping to get good quality multi-channel source material.
I haven't endeavored in this realm for some time now. Mostly, while coding I just use my Schiit Modi with some KRKs in my office for 2-channel stereo listening via a mix of Spotify and local FLAC files. However, I do wonder if anyone here has any recommendations for finding multi-channel digital music that I could enjoy in my home theater where a true decent quality multi-channel setup exists?