On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 02:19:15PM -0400, Neil Waterman wrote: > My personal opinion: > > a) 3D sound from 2 speakers > Rubbish. Unless energy is arriving from the general direction of the supposed > source, the best any system can do is present some psycho-acoustically > confusing cues that attempt to fool the brain, but sadly (for the 2-channel > snake-oil folk) the brain usually wins and tells you it is confused. > > b) 3D sound in headphones > Better. With customized HRTFs and a virtualized 3rd order ambisonic system > (18 speaker feeds - 3 rings of 6) or simply really good binaural recordings > this can work very well, source material dependent. > > If you want 3D sound, then you are going to need considerably more channels > than 2.
Agreed 100%. Ciao, -- FA _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
