19-11-2011, 10:11
i tend to think 9.1 7.1 5.1 2.1 and all that is another kinda TV selling con. Every year, flat screen, Plasma, LCD, 3D blah blah blah. In the 60's and 70's quadrophonic sound was what bearded hippie types invented and marvelled at how you could point to a sound spinning around the room, WOW man.
Now we have FX that can do the same thing with just stero speakers, and a bass extention, but this is all about mastering geekery.
At least audio is left alone in stereo. I mean we only have 2 ears, so why not. If they ever change it there will be a revolution and mass crowds on the streets burning 5.1 albums (just the ones you don't like of course).
Macintosh did a funny thing with the iPod by not putting a truly standard stereo jack in the iPod. They should be shot, strung up and neutered. The same company sells a computer for a good wack and charges 1/5 of the price of a computer for a bloody cable. I think they are going to the European court for a Belgian botty slap and rightly too.
But then again, there's nothing like a good fat Subwoofer to freak out your neighbours or make your pet dog fart.
Now we have FX that can do the same thing with just stero speakers, and a bass extention, but this is all about mastering geekery.
At least audio is left alone in stereo. I mean we only have 2 ears, so why not. If they ever change it there will be a revolution and mass crowds on the streets burning 5.1 albums (just the ones you don't like of course).
Macintosh did a funny thing with the iPod by not putting a truly standard stereo jack in the iPod. They should be shot, strung up and neutered. The same company sells a computer for a good wack and charges 1/5 of the price of a computer for a bloody cable. I think they are going to the European court for a Belgian botty slap and rightly too.
But then again, there's nothing like a good fat Subwoofer to freak out your neighbours or make your pet dog fart.