OPINION : I was at an event latterly ( which I ca n’t talk about just yet ) , but there was line from the someone presenting that mention immersive hearing from a pair of stereo speakers .
perhaps that was a slip of the tongue , or maybe it was n’t . I write in the most recent Sound & Vision pillar about a spatial audio technology from Audioscenic that did n’t necessitate a bunch of loudspeaker system to create an immersive effect , but maybe for some people , two-channel is enough , and that immersive strait is old hat .
Of course , immersive audio frequency is n’t quondam lid . It ’s the up - and - coming sound format that ’s go to become more prevalent . I ’ve written about 3D and binaural audio a lot over the past few years , and the limitation of the data format is that there is n’t an abundance of spatial audio depicted object right now ( although that relates more to euphony than it does film ) and that so as to get an immersive experience , surround speakers are want . Otherwise , it ’s a front heavy proposition and in that regard , how much different is it from a stereo proposal ? Not a huge amount I ’d say .
lately I ’ve been splash around about with two-channel lot - ups , from a duo of Edifier active talker to a set ofSonos Era 100speakers join together , as well as a duo ofEcho Studiospeakers as in most uses cases , a stereo system pair procedure as all right enough . engineering is always going to be motivate forward and looking for the next heavy affair , but the more advanced the engineering science , the more complicated everything seems to get . Stereo keeps it nice and simple – two speakers in front of you , one ’s the left channel and the other is the right . There ’s little to get confused about in that bent - up .
If you ’re in the right way or environment , then it can also be as immersive as a spacial audio lot - up . It ’s not the same bubble of sound you ’d get from , say , theSamsung HW - Q990Bsoundbar system , but usually the close-fitting you are to the verbaliser , the serious sense of a stereophonic picture you could get ( calculate on the type of verbalizer you habituate ) . If I ’m only sitting less than a meter from a twosome of speakers that are on a background , a Dolby Atmos set - up – whatever that would look like – would be something of an overkill .
Essentially , there are times when a Dolby Atmos exercise set - up pull in absolute mother wit so long as you have the space , the budget and the interestingness in watching films and listening to music in the data formatting . From Atmos , to Sony’s360 Reality Audioand Apple’sSpatial Audio , there ’s a growing list of avenue when it comes to take heed to 3D audio . For every other use case however , a two-channel bent - up is more than fine . We do n’t necessarily need a ton of loudspeaker system dotted about a room to get that sensation of submergence , just thoroughly - vocalize speaker . Sometimes the old ways are the best .
