Re: Advanced music processing (NOT)

[allen_watson@quickmail.apple.com (Allen Watson III)]

In article <9412171213.AA16503@mhost.ida.his.se>, a94mikja@ida.his.se
(Mikael Jakonen) wrote:
> 
>  allen_watson@quickmail.apple.com (Allen Watson III) writes:
> 
> >You can hear what that sounds like without cutting any wires, if you have a
> >surround-sound system.  Just turn the front speakers all the way down and
> >listen to the surround speakers.  
> >
> 
> I knew all that already. It was a topic here a while ago. (I don't have the 
> original posting, so I can't give you a date for it...) I didn't intend to
> look ignorant about the subject, I just wanted to know if anyone had tried it.

Sure, every time I stick my ear next to one of my surround speakers to see
whether it's working.  8^)

> When you cut the ground wire in the phones, you'll get a mono sound.
> The surround system produce a stereo sound. (I believe so. I've actually
> never heared (as far as I know) a surround system) 

Dolby surround (along with other matrix systems) produces a single back
channel that goes to both "surround" speakers, in-phase in some systems,
out in others.  I think the new multi-channel surround that has been
proposed for laser discs has separate left and right surround signals. 

Enjoy!
- Allen
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