60 degrees seems excessive head movement for someone seated listening to
speakers..
Why ? It's a natural thing to do if there is any significant sound
from that direction. Why should being listening to speakers make
any difference ? I like to forget I'm listening to speakers.
And *if* I turn my head, for whatever reason, and the illusion
collapses, I'm not impressed... [Fons]
I'd take that a stage further - the ideal arrangement would allow you to
move around within the sound field with complete freedom. You should indeed
be unaware of where any speakers are - and "sweet spots", and need to face
rigidly in one direction, are anathema to the anyone but a dedicated (and
perhaps blinkered?) enthusiast.
I've only ever had the chance to observe two demos (one Ambisonic, one WFS)
which have been sufficiently impressive (with the programme material
available) that the NON-cognoscenti recognised that they were in a space
that wasn't the same as the physical room.
Chris Woolf
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