Fons: > I wonder what the function of the Ambiophone part of this system is. For HSD 3D, the L/R speakers are indeed 8-degrees apart and operate through X-talk cancellation to produce the FRONTAL component.
> If it works in the way its invertors claim it works (that is by > crosstalk cancellation) it can't even handle two people sitting > side by side. I have spent a few hours at Ralph Glasgal's place listening to his *impre ssive* setup, as well as listening on a variety of lesser configurations that he also has -- overall probably hearing 30+ stereo recordings. It works! Which is to say that there is a significant multi-person sweet-spot and what appears to be good localization of the performers, as well as an interesting "synthesis" of the performance hall. Ralph has showed his system to many attendees to various at NY AES meetings (and many others) and has made the technology widely available. I'd suggest that you try it out and come to your own conclusions. In addition to L/R, the HSD 3D rig that Robin uses (as well as my "demo" system) has 4x planar and 4x Z-axis speakers. You are sitting in the middle of a "cube-on-edge" but you will have to go to his studio to hear that. These 8 speakers are supported by 4-channels which I presume are some encoding of FOA. So, the total system is carried by 6-channels, making it compatible with 5.1 distribution technology. None of this was designed to "impress" Sony. That was my idea, since I happen to know some senior execs there. The system had been around for quite awhile before I came along and wasn't changed at all. While they were interested enough to take some meetings, Sony isn't really a single *company* and those who are involved with sound technologies to accompany 3D television work in Tokyo (or San Diego). Execs in NYC have no ability to even ask them to take a look at something new. Case closed. <g> Mark Stahlman Brooklyn NY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120415/e74a7b64/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
