25 Feb
2010
25 Feb
'10
5:14 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:27:11AM -0700, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
Couldn't one create the sound of a fly moving
through out a room simply
by adjusting the balance of 4 speakers?
One could, sort of.
If so why do we need more than 4 speakers?
Because you have much better results that way,
using the right techniques.
I have an audio system for which i'd like to set
up 4 channels. I have 2
Anthony Gallo Acoustic Reference 3.1s and would like to swap them out
for 4 Stradas and 4 subs (with some extra money of course).
You could save 50% by using 8 speakers at 1/4 the price
of those, and get much better results.
If i do that and play back a 5.1 or 7.1 movie
soundtrack or music disc
what am i going to not have vs a full 5 or 7 channel set up?
Without some quite specialised processing you'll have a
crippled result. Don't expect Pulseaudio to do the right
thing, how could it ? It doesn't even know where your
speakers are.
Ciao,
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