All,
I'm interested in the opinion of members here regarding wiring a room up for 7.1 versus 5.1 sound.
Straight off the top, I'll say I'm using 5.1, even thought our amp (a Yamaha) supports 7.1 - my two extra speakers are being used in a different zone for our alfresco.
It's interesting, because speaking to someone on the weekend I was told that very few movies are encoded for 7.1 sound - sure enough, I went through all the Blu Ray discs we have and all of them say 5.1
I don't claim to be a HT expert at all, so I thought I'd throw it open.
Cheers