Silly question. Music vs movies which is easier for a home theater to handle.

[awongshing]

I was recently listening to some music on my home theater system that I also recently listened to in my car. I have a pretty nice custom system in my car. I came to the realization that car system sounded superior to my home theater. Is it a more difficult job for a home theater system to handle music rather than movies?

[Hammie]

IMO, cars are easier to fill with sound due to their size. I also think higher quallity car speakers are less money than home speakers. This is primarily because car speakers do not come with cabinets.

Just my two cents.

[crazyBLUE]

Do you have A amplifier in your car & not one in the HT .

[jomari]

a number of variables can be listed here,
- larger space
- room interaction
- quality of components (both comparing your car and your HT setup)
- placement.

a car as mentioened by lou is a smaller enclosure, plus the listening distance as well is much more smaller too.

too many variances, but also a matter of preference. i prefer to spend my money in home theater than in my car. others do the flipside of it.

logistics wise, its a difficult toss, if done right, you can have both.

[HAMP]

There is also just a simple answer; your car system is designed for music as your Home Theater is designed for movies.

I’m sure you have heard the statement that some manufacture of home speaker sound better with music and other sound better with movies. It’s all in the design, when I went speaker shopping the first thing the guy asked me was “Which do I listen to more, music or movies?”

I wanted to get the towers, but I told him I watch 90% movies and maybe 10% music. It was explained to me that the towers I wanted I would be wasting my money, because they are more musical and it would be best for me to get something different other then the towers.

I had some Klipsch towers before and they were great for movies but not music, I’m not sure if it was because of the horns in them and not the tweeters or maybe the mid-range on them were not as fast as car speakers.

Every speaker is designed different for movies or music, or the type of music can be a factor in the design/settings such as Rap or Classical music. In your car I’m sure different music will sound good while other will be terrible, if you switch from Hard-Rock to Smooth Jazz, I’m sure you will think the same way as the difference with music and movies in your Home Theater.

[awongshing]

Originally Posted by HAMP

There is also just a simple answer; your car system is designed for music as your Home Theater is designed for movies.

I’m sure you have heard the statement that some manufacture of home speaker sound better with music and other sound better with movies. It’s all in the design, when I went speaker shopping the first thing the guy asked me was “Which do I listen to more, music or movies?”

I wanted to get the towers, but I told him I watch 90% movies and maybe 10% music. It was explained to me that the towers I wanted I would be wasting my money, because they are more musical and it would be best for me to get something different other then the towers.

I had some Klipsch towers before and they were great for movies but not music, I’m not sure if it was because of the horns in them and not the tweeters or maybe the mid-range on them were not as fast as car speakers.

Every speaker is designed different for movies or music, or the type of music can be a factor in the design/settings such as Rap or Classical music. In your car I’m sure different music will sound good while other will be terrible, if you switch from Hard-Rock to Smooth Jazz, I’m sure you will think the same way as the difference with music and movies in your Home Theater.

Thanks HAMP,
That sounds like it may be the case.

[ninel]

Originally Posted by HAMP

There is also just a simple answer; your car system is designed for music as your Home Theater is designed for movies.

I’m sure you have heard the statement that some manufacture of home speaker sound better with music and other sound better with movies. It’s all in the design, when I went speaker shopping the first thing the guy asked me was “Which do I listen to more, music or movies?”

I wanted to get the towers, but I told him I watch 90% movies and maybe 10% music. It was explained to me that the towers I wanted I would be wasting my money, because they are more musical and it would be best for me to get something different other then the towers.

I had some Klipsch towers before and they were great for movies but not music, I’m not sure if it was because of the horns in them and not the tweeters or maybe the mid-range on them were not as fast as car speakers.

Every speaker is designed different for movies or music, or the type of music can be a factor in the design/settings such as Rap or Classical music. In your car I’m sure different music will sound good while other will be terrible, if you switch from Hard-Rock to Smooth Jazz, I’m sure you will think the same way as the difference with music and movies in your Home Theater.

That's right.

Also, you should switch your receiver for music when you listen music. For instance Sony has this AFD (Auto Format Decode) mode, if it sees signal from 2 channels then it provides you with nice music. On the other hand if you would switch to so called "Digital Cinema Ex.B" mode (that is dedicated for movies), the music will sound shit. That is what I experience with my system.

[awongshing]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Do you have A amplifier in your car & not one in the HT .

Hey Crazy,
I have two amplifiers in my car my home theater is powered by only my Denon 2309.