Rob Owens put forth on 10/7/2009 8:02 PM: > When streaming music, if you play it on 2 different computers will the > music be in sync? I'm thinking of a sort of "party mode" where I want > the same thing playing in several rooms of the house.
Depends on your distance to each loudspeaker. Sound waves travel at approximately 1,125 ft/s depending on air temperature and humidity. Thus, if you're not standing at an exact same distance from each speaker, the sound will arrive at your ears at different times, creating an echo effect or a muddying of the material, depending on the time delay between arrivals. This doesn't take into account reflections off things such as walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture, which all reflect sound to a degree, causing additional 'late arrivals'. In short, if you want decent stereo sound quality, limit the number of speakers to two, and sit in one spot equidistant from each. In a "party mode", who the f--k cares, you have been and wine and what not, and you're playing it loud enough to be annoying anyway. At that point, what does it matter? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
