For all that said Surround Sound is a waste

**antimatter** · 07-14-2004, 01:43 PM

Hello.

I just mounted my center channel in the car last week. Oh My God it is so AWESOME!!!

my setup consists of:

Panasonic CYAC300-EX (digital surround processor)
D'artigan 6 channel 800 rms (amp)
digital signal from the EPIA M10000 S/PDIF port
Infinity Speakers

I was watching a DivX lastnight (the matrix reloaded) and it sounded so tight.

Yes it was in the car. No it wasn't a waste of time nor money(usually the people that say that never had it or never experienced it).

So i am here to say if you have been contimplating surround sound in your car that it is so worth it and the benifits are awesome. Stereo will never compare.

A cool sidenote is that I can play Need 4 Speed (hot pursuit 2) with surround sound. When those cops get chasing you, you can really tell where they are.

**vcbb5** · 07-14-2004, 01:45 PM

unfortunatly most music is stereo though.

**antimatter** · 07-14-2004, 01:48 PM

True... but most movies are not. And now more and more people are encoding music in 5.1 dd

Everybody that has experienced my car surround sound has came out raving that it sounded exactly like a movie theater

**nl4jy** · 07-14-2004, 01:50 PM

but then you'll have to sit in direct center of the car to REALLY experience equal quality from all speakers.

**antimatter** · 07-14-2004, 01:57 PM

No... You are wrong. My surround sound processor has a "stage" feature. Where you set where you are sitting and it compinsates autoimatically. Even when i set it to every seat it still sounds awesome. Unbelievably awesome. Pheonominal, Top Notch

Shall i go on

Stop trying to justify the reason that you don't have it.

Like i said the people who usually knock haven't heard it in the car or don't have it

**wizawuza** · 07-14-2004, 01:58 PM

Just get a Mclaren F1, that thing has a center seat.

**wizawuza** · 07-14-2004, 01:59 PM

hey antimatter, where in the car is the center chan speaker? Heightwise I mean... headliner, or top of dash, or what? Just curious, thanks.

**antimatter** · 07-14-2004, 02:01 PM

It is actually below the shift boot angled up. When i replaced my front and rear speakers with infinitys i used one of the stock speakers as the center channel

**MrPerfectionest** · 07-14-2004, 04:41 PM

Placebo effect.

I have sat in some VERY quality machines that have a center channel setup and even with DSP it doesn't come anywhere close to what I would consider worthwhile.

**falconey** · 07-14-2004, 04:52 PM

I believe you that your system is nice, but again for the price I don't think it's worth it. If I were in my car long enough to watch movies, maybe and that's a big maybe. I think my system is very sufficient. Clear and sounds really good. Didn't cost me much either. Like I said though if I was on the road a lot, I would consider spending the money you've spent. Otherwise I don't see the added benefit of having home theatre in the auto. Not to rain on you or anything, because like I've said before I'd love to ride with you and experience the fruits of your labor.