Bill Unruh wrote: > > Ok, say I'd be willing to pay 2k max for a complete 5.1 setup > > including sound card, amp, and speakers. What would you suggest? > > > >> The 5.1 is most likely created by psychoacoustic effects, so it can > >> always only be simulated 5.1 - without a sub: no .1! > > I have no idea what "simulated 5.1" is. You only have two ears. And no > number of speakers will alter that. Sure, if you never move your head in any direction, not even breathing, and you don't relax your ear positioning muscles in response to the sound. If you want the sound to sound like real sound which matches what _your_ ears will percieve "as if you were there", you have to produce a three dimensional sound field. 5.1 is just an approximation of course. As a looser approximation, if you want to forgo the effect of physical/physiological changes and just sound "as if you were there but no part of you moves" with psychoacoustic mixing to 2 speakers, that requires calibrating to your head and ears. Or you can produce a more diverse sound field with more speakers, and require less fine, personalised calibration for equivalent results... IMHO, anyone who calls themselves an audiophile and does not care about the interplay of the sound field with their physiology and physicality has clearly never really listened to anything :-) -- Jamie ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
