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On 02/25/2010 10:24 PM, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> So the speaker angle is more important than distance? It's the angles

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> relative to the listener, right? So a center channel is designed for

> people who are sitting off axis and otherwise not needed?

in a way, yes. a physical source, i.e. an actual speaker, will always be

in the correct place. hence the need for a center in cinema, so that

even the people in the cheap seats hear the dialog where the faces are

on the screen.
a phantom center source, created by sending the same signal to L/R, will

eventually collapse into the speaker nearest to you when you sit off-center.
as to 4ch surround, it doesn't work that well, as fernando explained.

the best proof for this is the total failure of all the 70s

quadraphonics standards...
what is your intention? from your initial post, it sounded like you want

to do away with the center, and do 5.1 playback over a square of

speakers? what kind of material do you want to listen to?
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