John Leonard wrote:
Some years ago I asked a question about how many list-members actually had
correctly set up surround systems of any sort at home; not in the studio, or
research facility, but in their own homes as a way of enjoying music. I seem to
remember that very few - three, if I recall correctly - said that they had. Is
it worth asking the question again?
Most people I know (in the UK, at least, where the prevalence of a 'den' set aside solely for watching sport on huge televisions is rather less than it is in the USA) still have nasty all-in-one 5.1 systems in their living rooms where the speakers are arranged so as not to get in the way or look ugly. They're not listening to properly set-up systems with well-defined levels and localisation, they're listening to a bunch of speakers in random positions and occasionally to a bit of LFE going 'boom' when a car explodes. It's probably far worse now in terms of localisation than it was when stereo first came out and everyone knew how you were supposed to set the system up and listen to it.
Regards,
John
But this is an advantage of Ambisonics (any oder), because the decoder
should be aware of the speaker positions.
Ideally, such a system should auto-measure.
5.1 is a "rigid" system, you can't compensate for non-ideal
speaker-positions. (Well, you can, but then you will probably use some
soundfield techniques anyway.)
Regards
Stefan
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