On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 08:09:44AM -0400, newme...@aol.com wrote: > There are two 10-speaker "rigs" set up to play this *breakthrough* > technology -- the original in Robin's studio in Bethlehem PA and my "demo" > system > in Bushwick (currently disassembled).
I wonder what the function of the Ambiophone part of this system is. If it works in the way its invertors claim it works (that is by crosstalk cancellation) it can't even handle two people sitting side by side. Or someone please explain by which magic the L and R signals arrive without crosstalk at the L and R ears of both listeners. If the Ambiophone has a larger sweet spot than a few cm laterally, it can't work by crosstalk cancellation. In that case the system is without theoretical basis, and its proponents probably don't know why it works at all and have been telling sweet stories. For a tentative answer to the original question, I'd suggest that the Ambiophone part is there only because without it there's nothing new to sell to Sony. I'll happily be corrected if I get this completely wrong. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
