In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
Serge Auckland wrote:
We will need a completely new way of generating sounds at home, not
using discrete loudspeakers, before we can realistically recreate a
complete soundfield.

Ambisonics come close using conventional speakers. At a cost.

However, the improvements in sound reproduction have bored some, who
have returned to very obsolete technology in an attempt to stir up some
excitement. So, plenty to exercise us.

There could well be something in that. When I started playing around with
audio, the norm in a domestic environment was pretty poor. FM radio was
near non existent, and TVs had poor loudspeakers. Record players had small
loudspeakers driven off SET valve amps ;-) with pretty nasty crystal
pickups. So it was relatively easy to bring about a real improvement which
gave one a great deal of pleasure.


Not so easy these days given even a
modest but decent sound system straight out of the box.

Including yer DABble radio eh Dave;?...


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Tony Sayer