[linux-audio-dev] Info required: FLAC on W*****S

[Alfons Adriaensen]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 11:36:08AM +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote:

> 4-channel support??? Puuhlease, this is sooo 1967ish ... :)
> 
> Industri standard these days is 7.1, which by the way is no near perfect
> but at least affordable.

The ITU n.1 speaker layouts may be 'industry standard', but they
are not just 'no near perfect' but also completely useless for any
realistic surround sound rendering. These system are designed to
create sound effects for movies and home theatre, but for serious
music and scientific work they are just complete crapp.

Have a look at <http://www.ambisonic.net>

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