In Reply to: Blumlein equilateral triangle? posted by woober goober on August 28, 2012 at 06:07:18:
As far as I know, "equidistant" just means that the two speakers should be at the same distance from the listener. Which is true with any stereo spread. Equilateral refers to an angle of +/- 30 degrees. This is the angle that Blumlein originally chose for stereo, and it's become the de facto standard (and now, I think, is enshrined in some formal standards for surround). This means that it's the standard that recording are mixed to, though every recording has a slightly different sweet spot and you have to move forward or back a bit if you want to catch it. In any case, people vary in their preferences. There's a tradeoff between center image solidity and spread. And both the speaker and room can affect what works best.
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- RE: Blumlein equilateral triangle? - josh358 08:00:23 08/28/12 (3)
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