Last weekend (28th) I went to Richer Sounds and bought myself a few bits to upgrad my 2.0 Hi-Fi system to a 5.1 Surround Sound System! I kept the same floor-standing Eltax Symphony 6.3 front speakers, and added a Mordaunt-Short 905i centre speaker, a pair of Mordaunt-Short 903i’s as rear surrounds, and a Mordaunt-Short 308 Avant subwoofer. I swapped my Cambridge Audio A5 amplifier for a Cambridge Audio Azur 540R AV receiver, which is connected to my PC’s S/PDIF output using a very thick Cambridge Audio digital coaxial cable.

It took me quite a while (several hours) to get everything installed, and then another couple of hours to get the S/PDIF output on my motherboard to send the correct signal - AC3Filter helped a lot here, once I got it working.

Music still sounds great, although the extra bass is very welcome I also tried some DTS-encoded music, which sounds amazing, compared to normal stereo music. And of course movies sound awesome too. It makes a pretty big difference playing games too, once you get them working in surround-sound mode

For more photos of my desk, the speakers and the receiver, take a look on my Flickr.

This is my second attempt at writing this post/review, as my browser closed the wrong tab and then lost the entire thing!

Anyway… Since watching Stealth earlier this year, I have been looking for the original score for it. I already have the “Music from the motion picture” soundtrack, but the original score is different. For a start, it’s a lot better than the rest of the music from the film…

The majority of the music in this score is written by BT, better known for his Electronica and Dance music, the score is still very well done, with a good mix of more “classic” movie music and then some of BT’s expertise in electronic sounds and mixes. Music from Michael Dimattia and Trevor Morris also features in this album.

I bought the album from Amazon.co.uk on Sunday, and it was delivered to me on Tuesday. Since receiveing it, I have listened to the songs on it between 7 and 26 times… They really are that good

Stealth - Original Score - Highly Recommended for fans of both Electronic/Dance music and Soundtracks/Classical alike