are rear surround sound speakers having same sound


Are rear surround sound speakers being feed the same signal? So there is no stereo signal at the back on 7.1 ht set up.
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While there is no 7.1 source material, most decoders don't send identical signals to the surround back speakers.

THX-EX extracts surround back the same way a Dolby Surround decoder handles the center channel and applies a phase shift between the two speakers so that you get a wide image.

Lexicon Logic 7 is smarter about what goes there and can send completely different signals to the rear speakers.