Hi,
My current DVD contains a lot of music. While experimenting with Vegas and DVDA, I rendered the same stereo track twice: one as a regular 2.0 AC3 stereo track and one 5.1 AC3 surround track that I created by simply setting audio to "5.1 surround" in the project properties. I also used dynamic compression on both tracks.
I would expect to hear almost no difference on my stereo TV when switching between those two audio tracks. But I was wrong. The surround track sounds much louder and better. When playing the same DVD on a Pioneer home cinema I get the same result, the 2.0 track that the Pioneer "converts" to 5.1 is not as nice as the 5.1 track that's on the DVD.
Is there a reason NOT to use this technique? I know it's fake, but still it sounds better in my ears...
NetWave
My current DVD contains a lot of music. While experimenting with Vegas and DVDA, I rendered the same stereo track twice: one as a regular 2.0 AC3 stereo track and one 5.1 AC3 surround track that I created by simply setting audio to "5.1 surround" in the project properties. I also used dynamic compression on both tracks.
I would expect to hear almost no difference on my stereo TV when switching between those two audio tracks. But I was wrong. The surround track sounds much louder and better. When playing the same DVD on a Pioneer home cinema I get the same result, the 2.0 track that the Pioneer "converts" to 5.1 is not as nice as the 5.1 track that's on the DVD.
Is there a reason NOT to use this technique? I know it's fake, but still it sounds better in my ears...
NetWave