--On 30 March 2012 19:23 +0100 Peter Lennox <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't even think it has failed - it just took off in a 'slow burn' way
That's behind the scenes. My own view is that it failed in the outside world for the same reason that quad failed - it is simply unwanted. Mono sounded somewhat congested in the home; stereo opened that up and gave a sense of spaciousness. Most listeners are unaware of any further possible improvement, even when it is demonstrated to them; so all the expense and domestic angst of doubling up the system would be wasted effort. Even now, 5.1 surround is aimed very specifically at home theatre, and not at surround reproduction in any greater sense.
In my last seven years of recording in surround, I have not once found a person off this list who could even play one of my quad decodes. Not one. The one and only person I know who has a 5.1 system (with satellite speakers barely 2" across) has a DVD player that can't play DTS-CDs.
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