At the back of my mind, the4re's something nagging me - I'm sure I've read of someone advocating 3 speaker stereo (is that similar to trifield?) and finding that a wider spacing of LR speakers was desirable? - makes sense.
Dr. Peter Lennox Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 https://derby.academia.edu/peterlennox https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Lennox -----Original Message----- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of David Pickett Sent: 30 March 2016 11:45 To: eero....@dlc.fi; Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> Subject: Re: [Sursound] OT Stereo stage width - Was: Static stereo source in rotating soundfield, possible? At 11:54 30-03-16, Eero Aro wrote: >If 90 degrees between the speakers works for you, fine. Most likely the >commercial recordings you are listening to, have been monitored with an >60 degrees angle, as that has been the "standard" setup in studios for >more than 60 years. It didn't happen when 5.1 came up. On the contrary, >the working group that defined the 5.1 setup, started from a center >channel and a good stereo image in front that works for most people. > >As Dave Malham says, there must be AES papers where this 60 degrees has >been taken from. As you say: it goes back further than the AES: I would look at old copies of Wireless World or Proc IEE/IRE! We used approx. 60 degrees at Abbey Rd in the late 60s, largely dictated by the size of the control rooms. David _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please select unsubscribe. Unsubscribe and Security information contact: info...@derby.ac.uk For all FOI requests please contact: f...@derby.ac.uk All other Contacts are at http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
