Reading through lots of threads recently got me thinking:
It seems having discrete surround in one's auto is a rare proposition. You have to buy a certain car and even then it won't play all formats. AFaIK, no car ever has been made with a universal BDP, right?
But, almost every auto, for decades, has come with a CD player. Sure, that's only Redbook, but with road noise and uncentered seating position, speakers down near your feet and whatnot, is less-then-optimal resolution really a deal-breaker?
So I'm wondering, with all the discussion of devices that can produce faux-surround effects "on the fly," how feasible would it be to wire such a thing in to a car deck? Car speakers are normally situated for quad (or pretty close - 4 corners, more or less). We're already used to "dual-stereo" in the car. How difficult would it be to send some kind of processed signal back to the rears that changes things up a bit - producing a faux-quad effect, if you will.
It seems having discrete surround in one's auto is a rare proposition. You have to buy a certain car and even then it won't play all formats. AFaIK, no car ever has been made with a universal BDP, right?
But, almost every auto, for decades, has come with a CD player. Sure, that's only Redbook, but with road noise and uncentered seating position, speakers down near your feet and whatnot, is less-then-optimal resolution really a deal-breaker?
So I'm wondering, with all the discussion of devices that can produce faux-surround effects "on the fly," how feasible would it be to wire such a thing in to a car deck? Car speakers are normally situated for quad (or pretty close - 4 corners, more or less). We're already used to "dual-stereo" in the car. How difficult would it be to send some kind of processed signal back to the rears that changes things up a bit - producing a faux-quad effect, if you will.