A multichannel sound technology that produces five channels of sound in the left, right, center, left surround and right surround positions. 5.1 systems also have 1 channel for LFE (low frequency effects) which is usually sent to a subwoofer.
A multichannel sound technology that produces five channels of sound in the left, right, center, left surround and right surround positions.){kind=link}
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