On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:33:09PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
 
> regardless of whether you consider a two-source phantom spectrum
> good or bad, i guess we can agree a three-source one is waaaay
> worse?

No. Why should that be ?

Theile always repeats that we can handle two correlated sources
but not more. But I've never seen any convincing argument for
that. And when I asked him he evaded to discuss the matter.

> this is the problem with ambisonic systems which have too many
> speakers for their own good - more speakers makes for more
> crosstalk.

There are other reasons for that. They could be expressed in
terms of interference patterns if you really want, but that
would be sort of missing the point, like trying to understand
the beauty of a piece of music by looking at the waveform.

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)

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