Id definately be interested to hear what you come up with Fons . Doby Atmos !! Yep that too.
On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 20:10, mgraves mstvp.com <mgra...@mstvp.com> wrote: > See also Dolby Atmos. Yet another triumph of marketing over reality. Dolby > is especially good in that arena. > > Michael Graves > mgra...@mstvp.com > http://www.mgraves.org > o(713) 861-4005 > c(713) 201-1262 > sip:mgra...@mjg.onsip.com > skype mjgraves > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sursound <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu> On Behalf Of Fons > Adriaensen > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2019 1:45 PM > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S. > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:44:28PM +0100, Augustine Leudar wrote: > > > /beginrant : According to the article below soundbars work not as any > > kind of knockoff WFS but by "bouncing" sound off the walls tro get it > > to appear to be behind you. How can it be that this actually sells and > > is endorrsed by industry "proffesionals" and "experts" ? when anyone > > can quite clearly hear the sound does not appear to be behind them > > > > http://www.build.com.au/how-soundbar-works > > > > I have never experienced on that makes the sound appear to be > > ~"behind" me as the above claims they can do. They can sound nice > > though but compared to actually having two speaker sbehind you as in a > > quad setup - no. /rantover > > Interesting subject, as I'm currently involved in developing exactly such > a product. > > The article you refer is obviously BS,pure,liquid, as are all such claims. > There is no way that bouncing beams on the walls (or ceiling) can produce > anything comparable to having speakers in the right place. > > But that doesn't mean that it's impossible to do something that would > satisfy the average user watching B-movies with lots of silly sound effects > (usually to render scenes of gratuitous violence) on his wide-screen TV. > > But yes, this is just marketing. > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Dr. Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL www.magikdoor.net +44(0)7555784775 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20190527/735d65c5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
