I think some music works very well coming at you from all directions. A lot of music wasn't conceived purely in a "band up here, audience over there" configuration. To force every surround project into that is to severely limit the expressive possibilities, and why do that?
Listen to the Quad version of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" and you'll realize that it only works properly if the "traffic" is all around you. There's a lot of music better served by creative use of surround channels. I think even a typical concert hall setting might be more interesting if there was rustling of programs, crinkling of candy wrappers, and the occasional cough coming from the surrounds. That would be more "real" than a totally sterile soundfield. -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21839 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
