ESPN & SRS Circle Surround

**squicken** · 05-26-2004 02:24 AM

Here is a link to a great avsforum discussion involving SRS Circle Surround. A guest on the discussion is a tech at SRS. The avs guys really let him have it. Moral of the story, according to SRS: Dolby is an evil monopoly, you should upgrade your receiver to handle our signal. We claim that we're better than DD 5.1, even though nobody else does.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=290975

**giveuspurehd** · 05-26-2004 05:24 AM

ya i was going to ask about that.i do not have the circle surround.it comes out a dpl2.imo it does not sound too good.i do not have the $ to support a new format so i will have to live with it.i will admit my first thought when i saw the srs circle surround on espn was "cheezy"!oh well like the guy fom srs said in sports the rears are for the crowd.maybe if they could put a mic in each dugout for each rear or something.i dunno, it is late.

**wasch_24** · 05-26-2004 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by giveuspurehd

......i dunno, it is late.

Damn, it's late? I've already showered and dressed by then

**wasch_24** · 05-26-2004 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by giveuspurehd

.....i dunno, it is late.

It's late???? I've already showered and gotten dressed by 5:24

**wasch_24** · 05-26-2004 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by giveuspurehd

......i dunno, it is late.

It's late????? Dang man, I've already showered and gotten dressed by 5:24

**jgantert** · 05-26-2004 08:50 AM

It doesn't even look like Best Buy sells any CS 5.1 recievers.

I'm not going to go out of my way to get one just for ESPN-HD when everyone else is using DD 5.1.

Any reason some HD channels don't use DTS or DD 6.1 (ES or EX, I think).

-John

**Sean Mota** · 05-26-2004 09:28 AM

DD5.1 is here to stay... SRS Cirle Surround will stay with ESPN alone and it will die with them. DTS is even better than DD5.1 and you don't see any channel transmitting DTS. DD5.1 is here to stay. ESPN is SRS Circle Surround is trash...

**squicken** · 05-26-2004 12:34 PM

I disagree with the whole arguement that there's no benefit to surround sound in sports. The sound in the Wolves game was incredible. When the guys were shooting FT, you could here the thunderstix going on the FR and RR or FL and RL. And the richness (yes, I read where this may have been an audio problem, but it does illustrate the benefits of discrete encoding) of lfe on the sub, when the players dribble. I have never seen footbal in 5.1, and can't wait.

Has ESPN mentioned anywhere about upgrading to dd 5.1? The thread above stated that ESPN chose SRS b/c ESPN didn't have the ability to encode a dd 5.1 signal. Maybe the new facility opening up in June will give them this ability? It certainly is not a money thing. Apparently, broadcasters do not pay Dolby a licensing fee.

**jgantert** · 06-09-2004 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by Sean Mota

DD5.1 is here to stay... SRS Cirle Surround will stay with ESPN alone and it will die with them. DTS is even better than DD5.1 and you don't see any channel transmitting DTS. DD5.1 is here to stay. ESPN is SRS Circle Surround is trash...

Have you taken a look at Merlin: Special Edition DVD? It is now in SRS 5.1. I hope this isn't the beginning of a trend, as I would hate to se more SRS stuff.

I have still yet to see a "consumer grade" receiver with SRS (I consider stuff sold at Tweeter and Grammaphone, etc stores more "audiophile" grade stuff).

-John