I'm having a hard time finding info about AVR channel routing as it relates to mixed speaker layouts. What I mean is, if I have something like rear heights but no surround backs, will the AVR send surround back info to rear heights? Or simply not play those tracks and the rear heights sound the same as they would with or without surround backs?
Would DTS, Auro, Dolby handle the situation differently? I suspect it's codec dependent, but just in case, would Yamaha vs Denon/Marantz handle it differently?
Expanding on my first example, if I only have 1 surround back does that influence rear height playback?
If I had no rear/backs, would that data be transferred into the surrounds? Not sure if the data is fenced - meaning, surround back and rear heights are (partially) interchangeable but surround back would never be sent to surrounds, no matter what.
Thank you!
