Stereo vs Surround Setting

[MarkS650GT10]

Just curious what everyone thinks sounds the best, the stereo or the surround on the 9 speaker system? I had been using stereo because I read that it turns down the center channel speaker which is not a great speaker. I tried out the surround setting yesterday for a while and did not hear much difference. maybe the vocals come more from that center speaker, but not a big difference that I could hear. went back to stereo setting. maybe I need to listen to the settings for a longer time frame. usually surround sound is more for movies, and stereo for music I would think. probably a marketing thing by Ford saying it has surround sound.

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[Starship Enterprise]

I have the 12 speaker system and surround mode is more spatial. Stereo almost sounds like mono compared to it. That said, the stock B&O system overall is not that great and hope a new center speaker and Pioneer sub improve it a bit.

 

[Cucurú]

Just curious what everyone thinks sounds the best, the stereo or the surround on the 9 speaker system? I had been using stereo because I read that it turns down the center channel speaker which is not a great speaker. I tried out the surround setting yesterday for a while and did not hear much difference. maybe the vocals come more from that center speaker, but not a big difference that I could hear. went back to stereo setting. maybe I need to listen to the settings for a longer time frame. usually surround sound is more for movies, and stereo for music I would think. probably a marketing thing by Ford saying it has surround sound.

Well, coming from a friend who had these systems in a home. We were blasting some Orquesta Broadway, and he mentioned his sorround sound. I said let's try it. He said it did sound right. He was right. Could be different in a car.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

The surround setting is noticeably more spacious and better sounding on my B&O system.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

How do you set "surround" v. "stereo?"

 

[AZ_Ryan]

How do you set "surround" v. "stereo?"

It's in the sound settings.

 

[MarkS650GT10]

click on settings, then sound, then towards bottom have choice of stereo or surround.
Think I will set mine back to surround and try it for a couple days and see if I like it more

 

[erocker]

Surround definitely sounds better to me. I believe I have it faded to the rear by one tick too.

 

[Zig]

Surround definitely sounds better to me. I believe I have it faded to the rear by one tick too.

Are you watching movies or listening to a concert? Although i guess it depends on the source.

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