[Gary Eickmeier]

This is almost pure Image Model Theory as stated in my paper from 1989,
which I have bandied about in these halls many times before, and which I
would be glad to send to anyone interested. I believe Audio Empire has a
copy.

IMT is basically the reconstruction of all important sound fields within the
listening room. I advocate a large room, of rectangular shape, and not
killing all reflections but using them to model the playback after a good,
typical concert hall. We don't want to ADD extra sounds to what was
recorded, just SHAPE the playback to place all important sounds where they
belong.

This guy is going further than most of us can do with available commercial
consumer equipment, but you can have the 90% solution with a good surround
sound system placed correctly in a good, large room.

If this guy is working with Tom Holman he is well grounded and not a crank.
I am saying that I basically agree with his approach and adding that it
helps reinforce the need for an over-arching new stereo theory that explains
better what he is doing in shaping the sound fields in the listening room by
mimicking live sound fields. I called it image modeling, and my paper is
called An Image Model Theory for Stereophonic Sound, but I haven't got
thousands of dollars and a laboratory to demonstrate it in. I hope this
succeeds. "Two ears/ two speakers" stereo has got to be laid to rest.

Gary Eickmeier