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This article points to another nail in the coffin of hifi. Multichannel
was the obvious next direction for music reproduction to take. It appears
that avenue is now dead or dying.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57...news&tag=title
I am making my own surround sound recordings right now, decodable with a
normal Dolby Pro Logic receiver. It mainly just gives me the audience
applause coming from where it belongs, but there is some ambience
contribution too. If you turn it off and go to stereo only, it sounds like
"the room just left the room."
I do this from a single point in space with 4 cardioids aimed N,E,S, & W.
But I am thinking I want to place the surround mikes further back in the
hall. Experimenting is educational and fun.
In any case, we ourselves may be the only source left some day. For pure
audio surround recordings I mean.
Gary Eickmeier