"Bearcat M. Sandor" <hometheater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 08:42 -0700, Martin Leese wrote: >> On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 22:42 -0700, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote: >> ... >> > Am i correct in my >> > understanding, that nothing can be utilized by ambisonic processing >> > during playback if the source material is only stereo? >> >> Nope. Domestic Ambisonic decoders have a >> Super Stereo mode for "decoding" stereo >> sources. They also include a stereo width >> control which allows the stereo image to be >> compressed to mono-like or expanded into a >> horseshoe around the listener. > > Wow. That looks really cool. I've only heard an ambiophonic system and > was impressed. > > If Super Stereo can recreate the sound that the mics originally heard, > what does ambiophonics do that ambisonics can't? If your mic was a stereo mic then nothing can recreate the original sound. There is not enough information. > Does ambisonics cancel cross talk as well (like ambiophonics does)? Ambisonics and Ambiophonics couldn't be more different. As Fons suggested, a toaster versus a lawn mower; which is better depends on whether you want to toast bread or to cut grass. > I'm assuming also that Super Stereo is not anything like the crappy DSP > modes that one found in cheap AC3 converters about 10 years back, > particularly on Sony equipment (Hall, Arena, Church) where bad reverb > was just added artificially, right? Super Stereo adds nothing to the stereo source. I must suggest that it is about time you started reading the numerous references people have given you. Nobody can do this for you. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
