Artie Fufkin
Prominent Member
I had a eureka moment the other day.
I figured that surround sound {ss} is just silly. I mean this with particular regard to watching films.
Sure, in real life, sound is all around and we will [for example] hear a plane from behind and then see it coming over our head and into front view. BUT, when I'm watching a film, the screen and action is only ever in front of me, whether I am at home or in the cinema. The only way ss might make sense would be if watching a film on a surround vision 360 screen.
I have had three 5.1 ss setups over the last 15 years or so just because I thought it was a progression over stereo.
But it's just not a natural effect [OK, I'm slow - it took me 15 years to realise]...all we need are 3 fronts and a sub; the rears are, as I say, a gimmick and the more I think about it, the more I am amazed that ss has been embraced, not only by the average joe, but by us audio and videophiles too. ss is as cheesy as 8 track, quadrophonic, 3D and smellyvision.
Your comments would be interesting.
I figured that surround sound {ss} is just silly. I mean this with particular regard to watching films.
Sure, in real life, sound is all around and we will [for example] hear a plane from behind and then see it coming over our head and into front view. BUT, when I'm watching a film, the screen and action is only ever in front of me, whether I am at home or in the cinema. The only way ss might make sense would be if watching a film on a surround vision 360 screen.
I have had three 5.1 ss setups over the last 15 years or so just because I thought it was a progression over stereo.
But it's just not a natural effect [OK, I'm slow - it took me 15 years to realise]...all we need are 3 fronts and a sub; the rears are, as I say, a gimmick and the more I think about it, the more I am amazed that ss has been embraced, not only by the average joe, but by us audio and videophiles too. ss is as cheesy as 8 track, quadrophonic, 3D and smellyvision.
Your comments would be interesting.