Please speculate on the Future of Surround Sound
My speculation:
With Smartphones becoming a major source of (stereo) music
(and very unlikely to be adapted for quad headphones and music),
I think surround encoded stereo source material may be the future.
Over 40 years ago, CBS claimed that SQ encoded source material,
when listened to with stereo headphones, offered a surround sound
field similar to (decoded) 4 speaker SQ listening.
More recently, Dolby Labs offered Dolby Headphone
https://www.dolby.com/us/en/technologies/dolby-headphone.html
I think a way to expand the availability of surround sound source
material is to offer surround encoded (SQ or Dolby Headphone)
downloads (with the option of downloading the original discrete
surround sound for Home audio systems). No stereo mix would be
made, only a surround mix, thus minimizing the added mixing cost.
(SQ might be the best option for implementing my idea since it is
stereo and mono compatible)
Kirk Bayne
My speculation:
With Smartphones becoming a major source of (stereo) music
(and very unlikely to be adapted for quad headphones and music),
I think surround encoded stereo source material may be the future.
Over 40 years ago, CBS claimed that SQ encoded source material,
when listened to with stereo headphones, offered a surround sound
field similar to (decoded) 4 speaker SQ listening.
More recently, Dolby Labs offered Dolby Headphone
https://www.dolby.com/us/en/technologies/dolby-headphone.html
I think a way to expand the availability of surround sound source
material is to offer surround encoded (SQ or Dolby Headphone)
downloads (with the option of downloading the original discrete
surround sound for Home audio systems). No stereo mix would be
made, only a surround mix, thus minimizing the added mixing cost.
(SQ might be the best option for implementing my idea since it is
stereo and mono compatible)
Kirk Bayne