posted 29 July 2003 14:24            

stereo: two problems.
5.1: ....

posted 30 July 2003 06:39            

Although you have seen me use Genelecs for the concert in Leicester, I strongly beleive that the use of studio speakers for public concert/address systems where the listener is not in a 'near field' position is a bad move. In the UK at least, people love doing surround concerts (usually 8+ channels) using Genelec speakers, but I think this leaves holes in the image and the speakers are not designed to 'project' in the same way that PA speakers are - hourses for courses so to speak.

As proof of my commitment to this approach, I have studio monitiors and PA speakers, and have tried using one or the other for each task, and feel the I8's don't work at all in the studio, but project really well in public spaces with good width and detail and yet controlled dispersion, on the other hand the DynAudio BM15A's I use in the studio do not work for me in public spaces - the dispersion angles are too restricted (to suit near field monitoring) and do not retain detail over longer listening distances as they do not 'project' as the Tannoys do.

Of course loud-speakers are a subjective choice - I personally perfer Tannoy, Turbosound, Meyer, and some of the new Italian speakers such as DB.

For what it is worth - hope that helps a little

posted 30 July 2003 10:56            

I have not done live surround myself, but was reminded about a local sound sculpture/concert done by noted educator/enginer/musician Dave Moulton (Golden Ears originator) here in Massachusetts last year. The room could accomodate 40-60 people, if I remember correctly, and the sound was great from everywhere in the room. Dave designs his own wide dispersion and full-range speakers, which he believes work better. Great guy as well. Here is his website if you choose to contact him directly:
http://www.moultonlabs.com/index.htm

Rgds,

posted 01 August 2003 14:21            

Ten headphones can be driven by a Fostex PH-100 distrbution amplifier. The PH-100 also has a cascade input / output feature for daisy chaining multiple units as necessary.
http://www.fostex.com/index2.asp?file=products/accessories/headphones/ph100

posted 04 August 2003 18:45            

I concur with the eloquent statements made from the "Reviews of Dolby Headphone Technology" found at the bottom of the web page: http://www.dolby.com/dolbyheadphone/

You may also post your question to the Headwize chat forum: http://www.headwize.com

Additional info/reviews/manuals are available at the Lake Technology Limited web site: http://www.laketechnology.com/driver.asp?page=main/home

Please note that, for what its worth, Dolby has issued the following statement at the end of the HSM6240_ug_lor.pdf document:

"While Dolby Headphone is an advanced and sophisticated technology of remarkable performance, it is not a substitute for speaker-based reproduction where critical assessment of the program is required. Suitability for these or any other purposes are neither expressed nor implied."

posted 20 August 2003 04:17            

From what I "learned", proximity is the way to get to the point.
Anyone can remember the doc Brown helmet in the movie "Back to the fututre"? Imagine wearing a headphone helmet that would holds 8 hi-performance speaker while sitting on a sub woofer...

Assuming this sentence is true: the mind has to ajust itself to the outside world the same way the outside world has to ajust to the mind,
being isolated (in such an helmet) might not be a problem....

I have never experienced a real communication when more than 5 or 6
(maximum) humans were involved...so what music should I compose?

BTW thanks to everybody at SS for everything (hardware, software, humanware!..)

posted 17 September 2003 20:38            

Can you forward me a specific link to the European Journal
Organised Sound?
Thanks

p.s. For anyone of you who knows Steve Reich's "8 lines",
try processing it with subwoofer-ize sound;
set "inharm" pretty high as well as "lo track" and "ratio".
Then send the processed sound to the rear speakers and a reverberized
processed wet mix in the front speakers. Add the unprocessed sound to the front.
Now lower the "inharm" VCS fader while fading out the unprocessed sound;
it 's like the sound dissolved...
I just spent the last hour dissolving and resolving 8 lines!!