Bill Unruh wrote: > 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. > > Arguably comfortable still. >> >> It seems some audio company should have done a bit more research. > > They have. It is called market research, not audio research however. > Indeed :-) Nor sensible research. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
