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Ah yes, yet another artificial ambience scheme...

And I get a kick out of them and so appreciate the link!

How many of us didn't try the speaker at the back of the room wired across the hots? Or didn't take a listen to the Polk? speakers with the build in anti-phase mid-range. Or don't like at least some elements of the sound of bipolar speakers whether in or out of phase at the back? Ohm or MBL speakers can work well in some environments.

The killer is that each scheme usually helps when mapping some signals to some rooms (for some listeners in some locations some of the time?) but can make other one's worse. Typically they create excitement in us jaded listeners at first but that fades over time as we discover that the game is at best marginally worth the candle and don't bother setting it back up when we move or modify our systems.

Although my current listening area doesn't really support it, I'd suppose that a damped room and surround sound has the best chance of being a worthwhile complex approach. I've enjoyed this hobby for over a half-century and these schemes are always hailed as breakthroughs but seldom are around more than five years.

"Maybe no one reads TAS anymore..."

I don't. Sadly I can't since I don't want to subscribe and can no longer buy interesting issues at the now defunct Borders. First chains eat our local stores, then each other leaving us with a populace whose deepest thoughts can be expressed in 140 characters!

Regards, Rick



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