Don Pearce wrote:

So no, the sound stage isn't
actually 3D as it would be if you had top and bottom as well as left
and right speakers.

Now that is a product differentiator! Something
for companies like Sony to follow up on.

Jack wrote:
Don Pearce wrote:

So no, the sound stage isn't
actually 3D as it would be if you had top and bottom as well as left
and right speakers.

Now that is a product differentiator! Something for companies like Sony
to follow up on.


Easily achievable with Ambisonics but it never really took off - and I
don't think any of the commercially available recordings encoded height,
though it is possible.

Roy.