opaqueice Wrote: > > Given that this effect is so powerful with only two (properly arranged) > speakers, it makes you wonder what could be done with more..
A coherent image depends upon the sound waves meeting your ears at the precise time for your brain to infer a distinct location of origin. The more sources of sound, the harder it is to get that precision. That's one reason some folks claim that speakers with fewer drivers (i.e. single-driver or two-way) can image better than three or four-way speakers. Seeking to achieve this precision is also the reason that some speaker manufacturers tilt their baffles so that the tweeter is set back from the woofer frame. This puts the point of origin of the two speakers closer together, ensuring that sound from the woofer is not delayed in relation to sound from the tweeter when it reaches your ears. Pat McGinty calls this "time coherence". http://www.meadowlarkaudio.com/TC1.htm Anyway, my point is that throwing more speakers into the mix will make it tougher to get that amazing 3-d image we get from a good stereo set. Most decent multi-channel processors let you enter the distance from listening position to each of the speakers you're running in an attempt to give you some control over synchronizing the sound at that position. -Dan -- dwc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
