> On 2011-07-29, Sarang S. Dalal wrote: > >> I've been lurking for only a day, but Sampo's note gives me the >> courage to go ahead and ask the first question I was hoping this group >> might help me answer. > > And good it was. No? ;) > > My question then is, how to do ambisonic even cheaper. I sort of > undertand the theory, and I've had the fortune of knowing a couple of > researchers/enthusiasts who could show me their rigs. The problem is, > those rigs aren't precisely affordable, even when built up from spare > parts. So how do we come up with a complete, affordable, ambisonic rig, > with the minimum of four (effective) speakers for first order, at an > affordable price? Say, below 200 or even 100 euros?
If you are staying 'flat' (four speakers) then a "USB sound card (Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB)" works --IIRC-- on M$/Mac/Linux. The 'toe in the water' of two pairs of computer speakers <http://mchapman.com/amb/hardware> convinced me it was worth going further. (Ignore the stuff there about 'ganging' sound cards, its passé!) OK computer speakers aren't much fun under 200Hz (my latest ones say, under 180Hz), But such a system is still impressive ...! Basically you have surround sound at 'transistor radio in the kitchen' quality (not audiophile;-)>, but that quality seems good enpugh for many people for many situations .... Michael > Including speakers, > full digital decoding for the usual layout variation, and all that? > > If we could somehow do that, and mass reproduce it, the rest should be > pretty easy. So how do we do that?!? > -- > Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy - de...@iki.fi, http://decoy.iki.fi/front > +358-50-5756111, 025E D175 ABE5 027C 9494 EEB0 E090 8BA9 0509 85C2 > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
