> > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:05:18 -0400 (EDT) > From: newme...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Can anyone help with my dissertation please? > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Message-ID: <1343c.5791214f.3ca9b...@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Robert: > >> But I think that using this sort of thing as a way >> to persuade people they ought to have 16 channels >> of playback or something is wrong headed. > > Of course it is but how about THREE? > > Remember that the most obvious home-playback application of Michael > Gerson's mathematical work is *not* Ambisonics but TRIFIELD. > > As I recall, it was the addition of a center speaker that Gerzon himself > thought would become the most widely adopted of his inventions -- or did I > read the biography wrong? > > Here, the licensing seems to have gotten in the way. Did anyone other > then Meridian ever implement Trifield for consumers?
yes, but not currently > Was it ever (or is it > now) available as a *cheap* license, so that it can be put in Japanese or > Korean recievers? yes it is, but none have shown any interest. The biggest volume implementation is in expensive cars. (Jag,Range Rover and McLaren) > > Yes, we know how you feel about "sound-stage" reproduction, but given that > the US hi-fi market has largely pursued this goal, did anyone ever > seriously try to tackle the center speaker issue for music? I think that, because the centre speaker has come from the 5.1 home theatre side, historically the centre speaker has been dissimilar, badly located and only thought appropriate for 'dialogue'. After all, even film soundtracks do not use the centre speaker for music. Personally, I would not want to be without Trifield three channel playback for music. Actually four is better. Geoffrey _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
