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From: slg@ukma.UUCP (Sean Gilley)
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Subject: Suround Sound decoding (kind of) and good quality amiplifiers
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 23:32:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 21 23:32:33 1985
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I recently upgraded my amplifier to a Bang and Olufson Beomaster 2000.

The problem is this:  I had seen in a recent article of Video a way to
decode some of the surround sound information on HiFi tapes.  It involves
a special speaker hookup.

The hookup is simple.  To each of the back speaker positive inputs, run
a line to the positive speaker output on the amp.  Then instead of the
normal hookup of the other inputs, run a line between the two negative
terminals of the speakers.

With my old JVC amp, this worked great..  The back speakers produced
sounds that should have been happening behind me and was very impressive.

However, with my new receiver, this doesn't happen.  It's almost like
having a second pair of speakers behind me,  connected normally.  There
is some difference, but not what I came to expect from my JVC.  Certainly
the surround sound information is not anywhere near as impressive as it was.

Is this a quality of better amps?  Or is it just a property of B&O, or is
it something else?

					Ad-Thanks-Vance,

						Sean.

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