Cool man. I doubt the theater here in Danbury has it. -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:10 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound
I go to a movie every week, because the theater I go to has audio described movies. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kaufman" <tomca...@comcast.net> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:33 AM Subject: RE: listen to music in surround sound > Believe it or not, I can't remember the last time I went to a movie > theater to see a movie! > Tom Kaufman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of > Dane Trethowan > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 11:10 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound > > 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 > > > > >
