I'd be quite surprised if you've never heard surround-sound before, I'm sure you've been to a movie theatre?
On 27 May 2014, at 1:06 pm, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: > I must confess that I've never to this day heard surround-sound; in some > ways, I'd like to hear what it sounds like; aw but then I'd probably want it > and it's just not practical in this house! It might be that someday I'll > investigate getting a sound bar for the TV in the living room; that should > help some as it's _got_ to sound better than the sound I get from the TV > now; not that it's absolutely terrible or anything like that; my major > complaint is that the sound tends to make the television vibrate; that's > annoying! > Tom Kaufman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 10:43 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound > > Even so, music for the most part is not recorded to take advantage of the > concert hall effect, even on our classical stations here its just recorded > in plain old fashioned stereo and I ought to know <smile>. > > > On 27 May 2014, at 12:38 pm, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Yes, of course, the audio source is on the stage, which is in front of >> you. But your living-room does not come close to approximating the >> dimensions of even a small concert hall. So that's where the dsp and >> magic of multiple speakers comes in. I don't pretend to know how they >> do it. But I know that even my old ADS analog time delay system did >> wonderous things for lps of classical music. It came a lot closer to >> the concert hall experience than just a two-channel set up in my >> living-room. >> >> Mary >> >> On Tue, 27 May 2014 12:30:11 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >>> What you say about the concert hall is right however, in a concert hall > the audio is usually in the front of you, that's where the stage is as far > as I'm away so that's where the audio usually comes from. >>> >>> The same applies when listening in stereo, the speakers are usually in > front of you for good stereo listening. >>> >>> The old analogue Surround-Sound? I still have my original Denon AVR2000 > which supported all the Quad modes for front left-right and rear left-right > but for the most part the recordings made were not true surround-sound or > quad back then, some sort of DSP was needed to decode the source to generate > the effect. >>> >>> We've progressed to the point where each channel - in true Surround-Sound > or Quad mode - has its own path to each speaker which was unheard of say 20 > years ago. >>> >>> If you look at the more expensive Surround-Sound receivers you may even > see direct analogue connections for each channel, the cheaper receivers use > the HDMI connection to decode each channel digitally. >>> >>> I have a whole heap of CD'S - SACD, Quad and Video Audio - which make > full use of the direct channel paths, the Quad CD'S I did myself, I mastered > them from Quad Carts - the old 8 track cartridges, versions of them came out > that used a track for each channel in the quad recording -. >>> >>> >>> On 27 May 2014, at 12:21 pm, Mary Otten <maryot...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I haven't had the ability to listen in surround sound for a long time. >>>> Indeed, most of my experience was with an analog system years ago, made >>>> by ADS. And it was awesome. I also had the Carver sonic holography >>>> unit, which was good, but not as good as the ads, which actually >>>> required two speakers in the rear. The thing is, if you like classical >>>> music, full orchestra etc, there is no way you get anything approaching >>>> a concert hall experience with two stereo speakers, unless there is >>>> some magic happening in the background, ala the Carver holography. I >>>> have been impressed with Polk Audio in the past and also with the Magna >>>> planar speakers, which I really wanted in the worst way. Talk about >>>> 3-dimensional sound! But the listening environment demanded by that set >>>> up is not one that your average guy or gal can manage. That's why I' >>>> m intrigued by sound bars and various digital signal processing >>>> techniques. I want to simulate the concert hall experience in my >>>> living-room. And 2 speakers will never do that. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
