Re: Placing (sound) stereo speakers

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >Would it be better to have the "rear" speakers be behind the screen so
> the soundfield's depth would match the visual's, or would our ears not
> be able to localize sounds that way?<
> 
> I would think that would minimize the effect of the extra sound channel b=
> y
> simply blending it in with the left and right channels. They are already
> working to create the illusion of a "curtain of sound" IN FRONT OF the
> audience. By placing, and utilizing, the extra channel BEHIND the audienc=
> e,
> it seems to me you would be expanding the illusion of depth and suggestin=
> g
> that the world doesn't exist merely through that window in front of us, b=
> ut
> all around us.

That's what I feared.  However the "other way" is  part of the "problem".  
The sound being "around us" and the visuals existing through that window 
in front of us.  Not a great match (albeit probably the best practical way
of doing it).

Now only if we had cheap color projection holograms.  The recent anouncements
in the news of mass produceable full-color holograms sounds interesting, but
still probably not cheap for individual users (especially the floating three
lasers used to create the holograms to begin with).

One of these days Fry's will have 'em for $69.... :-)

Mike K.



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