Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
In other words its totally useless. I have a "7.1" receiver but like most of the breed the rear
center uses two speakers, however there are 7 line ins so a HD player with seven channels would work, but I have played 6.1 with and without rear center speakers and the "fake " rear center created without speakers is just as good
One advantage with a 7.1 receiver is that most of them you can use the extra two channels and run the receiver in bi-amp mode for your front left/right speakers instead of using those two channels for surround purposes.