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well, what i was actually alluding to was the "overkill" nature of the more is more philosophy. while i totally concur with your observation of the directional nature of subwoofers - anyone who has gone to a contemporary dance music club knows - i also know from personal experience that surround can tend to "fall apart" when levels get so high that the ambient din overwhelms the original source. why bother? but then my own interests lie in sonic detail and localization rather than the very different needs of a cinematic surround system. best bruce On May 20, 2005, at 2:51 PM, Richard Zvonar wrote: > At 2:34 PM -0400 5/20/05, bruce tovsky wrote: >> i think it must be akin to those heavy metal guitarists who use >> 20 marshall cabinets (granted i've heard that a lot of times only >> one is plugged in) on stage. more is more. does sound a little >> teeth rattling, doesn't it? > > Different situation, I think. The heavy metal guitarist is creating a > massive monaural sound field. The multiple speakers in a large > surround setup are being used to articulate sound in space. > -- > > ______________________________________________________________ > Richard Zvonar, PhD > (818) 788-2202 > http://www.zvonar.com > http://salamandersongs.com > http://ill-wind.com > > > bruce tovsky www.skeletonhome.com "To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything." Albert Einstein