RRod
Headphoneus Supremus
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Don't take this the wrong way... but I am not sure you know what you are talking about.
What console gives you a chose of 5.1 or 7.1 choice?
please take screen shots with you phone or whatever and post here so I know what you are talking about.
I have Sony and Microsoft consoles. They simply ask you PCM/HDMI, etc.
No console, next gen or otherwise has 7.1. Plain and simple. that is fact.
I am trying to be subtle about it.... but I don't think you understand what I am asking. I am 99.5% sure when a game asks you choose between TV/Surround/headphone it is merely asking you to choose the dynamic level of the mixing you desire. I just want to make sure this is the consensus.
On TV speakers you are not going to be able to ascertain nearly the same level of dynamic sound level as you can from a hi-fi speaker system, and the headphones tend to be able to allow the highest dynamic range of any avalive options.
I am simply looking for verification on this.
You can read Astro's guide to getting the MixAmp setup then, where it says how to set the PS3 to output DD5.1. 7.1 is 5.1 that has matrix-encoded back-surround channels. SPDIF cannot support more than 2 channels of uncompressed data, so you can't just send PCM over SPDIF and expect it to be surround sound. You know all this of course, so I'll let someone else take a shot at pleasing you.