Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-22 Thread Peter Lennox
om: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Carmichel Sent: 20 February 2013 20:21 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format Greetings to All: I am building a surround system for the playback of live recordings and video. N

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-22 Thread Dave Malham
On 21 February 2013 20:47, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:13:54PM -0700, Martin Leese wrote: > >> If you have four subs then you might want to >> consider arranging them in a tetrahedron. >> Note that subs are heavy, so there is a >> practical problem with mounting them up in

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-21 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:13:54PM -0700, Martin Leese wrote: > If you have four subs then you might want to > consider arranging them in a tetrahedron. > Note that subs are heavy, so there is a > practical problem with mounting them up in the > air. (Arranging four full-range speakers in a > te

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-21 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... > I intend to use two > hexagonal arrays of small-sized loudspeakers (a bit larger than the 3-inch > coned Genelecs, but not much more so). ... > Because four speakers can provide > adequate surround sound, my intent is to frequency-divide the B-formatted > signal and send

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-21 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... > Eight speakers is > probably overkill and doesn?t leave me the four channels needed for a square > array of subs. If you have four subs then you might want to consider arranging them in a tetrahedron. Note that subs are heavy, so there is a practical problem with mounti

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-21 Thread Michael Chapman
>> >> The system is comprised of 16 channels. The advantage of 16 (or less) >> channels is that I don’t have to use a dedicated Word Clock to sync >> my MOTU FireWire interfaces. I’m fond of these interfaces, and two of >> them can sync-up via the FireWire link without complication. > > i don't kn

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-21 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 02/20/2013 09:20 PM, Eric Carmichel wrote: Greetings to All: The system is comprised of 16 channels. The advantage of 16 (or less) channels is that I don’t have to use a dedicated Word Clock to sync my MOTU FireWire interfaces. I’m fond of these interfaces, and two of them can sync-up via the

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-20 Thread Bo-Erik Sandholm
Bo-Erik -Original Message- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Carmichel Sent: den 20 februari 2013 21:21 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format Greetings to All: Anyway, I’m curious as to

[Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-20 Thread Eric Carmichel
Greetings to All: I am building a surround system for the playback of live recordings and video. Naturally, as with all of us, there are economic as well as technical constraints. The purpose of this post is suggest (and receive feedback) for a system that uses multiple subwoofers in order to o