So yeah, it isn't 7.1 which is a shame, but it is a real system. -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:51 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound
But what about the Bose Lifestyle stuff you were talking about? How does that compare to true epic surround sound? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamit Campos" <[email protected]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:01 AM Subject: RE: listen to music in surround sound > Real surround sound with 5 speakers around your head with 5 tracks of > audio let's say all assigned to each one like Dain pointed out is > epic! The sound bar stuff or the exagurated stereo these things do and > even things like my companion 5 speakers or the Bose 3 speaker systems > do ain't that cool. > It's > interesting sure, it's cool how the sounds really spread out sure, but > nothing beats a real 5.1 or 77.1 system around your head. Dolby Atmos > would be even more epic! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom > Kaufman > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 11:06 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: listen to music in surround sound > > I must confess that I've never to this day heard surround-sound; in > some ways, I'd like to hear what it sounds like; aw but then I'd > probably want it and it's just not practical in this house! It might > be that someday I'll investigate getting a sound bar for the TV in the > living room; that should help some as it's _got_ to sound better than > the sound I get from the TV now; not that it's absolutely terrible or > anything like that; my major complaint is that the sound tends to make > the television vibrate; that's annoying! > Tom Kaufman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dane Trethowan > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 10:43 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: listen to music in surround sound > > Even so, music for the most part is not recorded to take advantage of > the concert hall effect, even on our classical stations here its just > recorded in plain old fashioned stereo and I ought to know <smile>. > > > On 27 May 2014, at 12:38 pm, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, of course, the audio source is on the stage, which is in front >> of you. But your living-room does not come close to approximating the >> dimensions of even a small concert hall. So that's where the dsp and >> magic of multiple speakers comes in. I don't pretend to know how they >> do it. But I know that even my old ADS analog time delay system did >> wonderous things for lps of classical music. It came a lot closer to >> the concert hall experience than just a two-channel set up in my >> living-room. >> >> Mary >> >> On Tue, 27 May 2014 12:30:11 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >>> What you say about the concert hall is right however, in a concert >>> hall > the audio is usually in the front of you, that's where the stage is as > far as I'm away so that's where the audio usually comes from. >>> >>> The same applies when listening in stereo, the speakers are usually >>> in > front of you for good stereo listening. >>> >>> The old analogue Surround-Sound? I still have my original Denon >>> AVR2000 > which supported all the Quad modes for front left-right and rear > left-right but for the most part the recordings made were not true > surround-sound or quad back then, some sort of DSP was needed to > decode the source to generate the effect. >>> >>> We've progressed to the point where each channel - in true >>> Surround-Sound > or Quad mode - has its own path to each speaker which was unheard of > say > 20 > years ago. >>> >>> If you look at the more expensive Surround-Sound receivers you may >>> even > see direct analogue connections for each channel, the cheaper > receivers use the HDMI connection to decode each channel digitally. >>> >>> I have a whole heap of CD'S - SACD, Quad and Video Audio - which >>> make > full use of the direct channel paths, the Quad CD'S I did myself, I > mastered them from Quad Carts - the old 8 track cartridges, versions > of them came out that used a track for each channel in the quad > recording -. >>> >>> >>> On 27 May 2014, at 12:21 pm, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I haven't had the ability to listen in surround sound for a long time. >>>> Indeed, most of my experience was with an analog system years ago, >>>> made by ADS. And it was awesome. I also had the Carver sonic >>>> holography unit, which was good, but not as good as the ads, which >>>> actually required two speakers in the rear. The thing is, if you >>>> like classical music, full orchestra etc, there is no way you get >>>> anything approaching a concert hall experience with two stereo >>>> speakers, unless there is some magic happening in the background, >>>> ala the Carver holography. I have been impressed with Polk Audio in >>>> the past and also with the Magna planar speakers, which I really >>>> wanted in the worst way. Talk about 3-dimensional sound! But the >>>> listening environment demanded by that set up is not one that your > average guy or gal can manage. That's why I' >>>> m intrigued by sound bars and various digital signal processing >>>> techniques. I want to simulate the concert hall experience in my >>>> living-room. And 2 speakers will never do that. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > >
