What audio do I choose

[Caca graeme]

I just started watching Lake Placid and I noticed 2 audio choices

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

I'm listening with headphones and I was switching between the 2 and I'm sure 5.1 sounds better is this just in my head or will 5.1 actually sound better even though I'm using sennheiser hd201 headphones.

Thanks

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Caca graeme

I just started watching Lake Placid and I noticed 2 audio choices

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

I'm listening with headphones and I was switching between the 2 and I'm sure 5.1 sounds better is this just in my head or will 5.1 actually sound better even though I'm using sennheiser hd201 headphones.

Thanks

2.0 is usually better when using headphones.

[Caca graeme]

So It's in my head LOL

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by Caca graeme

So It's in my head LOL

It might be just in your head but if you are convinced it sounds better regardless, then keep doing what you are doing.

[Bueller]

I was thinking of this too. I don't have a surround system, and I can't take advantage of lossless audio, but I have stereo speakers with a 1/8" cable into my TV, because it's better than nothing. But what happens with a 5.1 mix when it plays through in stereo?

[KubrickKurasawa]

Whichever sounds best to you.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Caca graeme

I just started watching Lake Placid and I noticed 2 audio choices

English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

I'm listening with headphones and I was switching between the 2 and I'm sure 5.1 sounds better is this just in my head or will 5.1 actually sound better even though I'm using sennheiser hd201 headphones.

Thanks

If you have a 5.1 sound system, I would recommend listening to movies without the headphones. When listening to movies through headphones, the audio is too restrained and isolated.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by slimdude

If you have a 5.1 sound system, I would recommend listening to movies without the headphones. When listening to movies through headphones, the audio is too restrained and isolated.

Unless you are outputting lossless and have good headphones. My PC system outputs LPCM 2.0 and it sounds great through my headphones.

[Caca graeme]

I don't have a 5.1 sound system but it's about time I got one. It's all the cables that scare me and hiding them behind the walls is not an option. If only you could get a wireless sound system.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Caca graeme

I don't have a 5.1 sound system but it's about time I got one. It's all the cables that scare me and hiding them behind the walls is not an option. If only you could get a wireless sound system.

You can just not a good one.

[frogmeat69]

You can get flat speaker wire that stick to your wall that you can paint, hardly notice it's there.

[Rhoq]

Originally Posted by Bueller

what happens with a 5.1 mix when it plays through in stereo?

The surround channels are down-mixed as stereo.

[Caca graeme]

Originally Posted by frogmeat69

You can get flat speaker wire that stick to your wall that you can paint, hardly notice it's there.

Just done a google search and that looks like something I could use but it does look difficult to install.