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Re: for all you high end surround heads out there

Subject: Re: for all you high end surround heads out there
From: Lang Elliott <>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:22:23 -0400
Why don't you think so? Without barriers, won't the four speakers all be
interacting with one another and creating lots of phasing problems?

>Yes, that is exactly what I'm thinking of, but with slightly extended
>barriers. The SASS nose works fine when just two channels (and two speakers)
>are involved. A more substantial barrier seems necessary with the
>introduction of two more channels and speakers.

I don't think so.

-Dan

>Lang
>
>Lang Elliott, you wrote,
>
>>I have been envisioning a quad setup that really does produce a realistic
>>360 degree soundscape, allowing the listener to actually turn in any
>>direction and still hear a stable soundfield. This can only be accomplished
>>if there are adequate barriers between not only the front and rear channels,
>>but also between the right side pair and the left side pair. In other words,
>>there actually would be no "front" or "rear" defined in this kind of setup.
>>"Front" would be the direction that one faces.
>
>I agree. Your SASS mikes have a "nose" barrier that separates left
>and right. How about building a "quad SASS" with four noses?
>
>-Dan Dugan


"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg 


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