On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, David Deutsch wrote: > Uli wrote: >> It also comes at the prize of a very specific speaker setup. According >> to a review I've read bose recommends that the speakers are about 60cm >> in front of you, facing straight ahead, and that the distance between >> the two is also about 60cm. Anything else and surround sound is gone. >> However, once you have that setup the guy says it would sound as if >> that chopper would be coming from behind you :) >> Uli >> > > Heh, that is strange for sure. Maybe they could get that figure down to > 10cm and then you could just as well get headphones? Also - 60cm between > the speakers is a nice space to fit a screen in is it not? Then again - > who would want to sit at 60cm proximity to anything larger than a 17" > screen. What a crappy idea given that people want 5.1 to watch movies. I > always thought people preferred to do that in spaces called living > rooms. Ah wait - then its to far from the speakers again! They are designed for computer speakers, not for living rooms or movies-- ie for computer game playing. > > It seems some audio company should have done a bit more research. They have. It is called market research, not audio research however. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
