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Myo, the way people address this issue is to use two separate speakers, slightly offset from center, for the 6th channel. Doing this allows the ear to recognize that those sounds are coming from behind the listener. Many 6.1 receivers actually have two sets of posts for the 6th channel to...

To answer your original question, DTS ES is the only format with a truly discrete 6th channel AFAIK. If you play it on a 5.1 channel system, yes, the receiver should adapt to this and play those effects through both rear speakers.