> No I wouldn't. 5.1 is fine for movies, but I don't see the point for > audio. The whole point of stereo is to recreate the live performance feel > in the room. To do this you need exactly two speakers. I'd have to disagree here ... in a "Live" performance situation the venue or location does play an important part in the perception of the music .. echo's, reverbs, delays, number of people etc etc. All of these cannot be reproduced in your living room with a standard 2 speaker setup. Yes you can get di-polar speakers (like Mirage) to get a more 360 degree pattern of sound from the front speakers, but how can you make it sound like a concert hall? Traditionally the solution has been DSP's (for that hall, church, or jazz club effect). I have heard some impressive results (I used to own a Yamaha DSP1000 .. a serious piece of DSP hardware in it's time). But they don't ever get it 100% right ... I also have some recordings done in Dolby Pro-Logic and these are very interesting, quite "involving". But ultimately the 5.1 solution would be the best for proper surround listening. I have yet to find such a recording in 5.1 to listen to, and the engineering behind such a project would be enormous. Does anyone know of an existing 5.1 audio only recording ?? Yes I'm a diehard 2 speaker audiophile and have some magnificent Hi-Fi stereo recordings, with great imaging, but if given the opportunity to listen to a recording in proper 5.1 ... I'd give it a whirl !! I friend of mine and I had an idea for recording a live concert in surround using 2 MD recorders ... one in the general listening position and a second machine further back capturing the delayed signal and more crowd noise. Then all you need to do is take the rear stereo signal turn it into dual mono (or record in mono in the first place and make 2 mono channels) and make one channel 180 degrees out of phase. That way the Pro-Logic decoder picks it up as the surround. (this part works cause I've already been able to replicate this on my own system). Then all you need to do is remix the front signal with the back at the right levels. Presto your own Pro-Logic recording !!!! I would really like to hear from anyone who has experimented or contemplated experimenting doing this with MD. And their associated results. Cheers GC ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
