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No, I can't say I have. The closest I have come to an ambio experience is Bob Carver's Sonic Holography which I use in my desk top system. I know it is a poor comparison but its the closest I could use as an example.
I think you'll like this. Although, sadly, the demos links are dead. So I guess you'll have to use your imagination about how great they sound.- >>HERE<<and- >>HERE<<There's a lot of reading material there. Let me know when you're finished.
Thanks, is there software to download to try it?
(when I was 5 yrs. old of course )
My HT rig is setup for immersive audio more than two channel although I made sure to use a tape measure to get my front speakers the exact same distance from the MLP. My desktop rig is where I do most of my two channel listening.
Just an observation from someone who has had surround sound in systems since around 1980 or a bit before (when I was 5 yrs. old of course ). I currently have a bunch of systems. Some two channel and some combined multi-channel and 2-channel, including the main system where I run 11.1 or 7.1.4 (in Atmos terms). A big part of it is set-up. Looking at the pic of the OP system, it appears to be something optimized for surround sound and the manner of the set-up probably is not conducive to hearing a top notch 2-channel demo. Conversely, my systems are set-up as two channel that happen to do multi-channel very well, however, they are not optimized for that and it would be hard to do an apples to apples comparison. I've not heard an immersive surround system (including at shows) for music that would be something to make me shift my priorities. Probably a couple of times a year, I'll listen to multi-channel DSD files on one system and while it is something that I enjoy for that listening period, my preference is still a good two channel system. In my old house, the main system had 4 Rel subs (for years) in it mainly for bass management for multi-channel music and I dispensed with that in the new place, mainly due to the fact that multi-channel music is not of much interest to me (also room layout) vs. what I get from two channel is more satisfying musically. So I use two Rel subs for music and have a separate big sub for HT (had lightning damage so Fedex just dropped off a big box with a Power Sound Audio sub). Way back in the day I also had a friend who worked at a high end shop and did tons of installs and deliveries over a 6 year period. Have never heard anything I preferred in multi-channel other than it is nice to have a novelty change of pace once in a while. To each their own.
Can you describe the immersive audio soundstage, specifically how it relates to 2 channel stereo? For example the stereo soundstage has depth, width, and height with a recreation of hall ambiance on good recordings. Again on good recordings, images are placed logically within that soundstage as if you were at the recording venue. Does immersive audio provide this and more, or is it something different?
I found when I added a vertical sound stage that also extends from floor to ceiling you could pinpoint the musicians in a natural sense. The height of the piano, the microphone for the singer, fingers moving up and down the frets of a standup bass. The funny thing is in an auro3d setup you cannot localize any of the speakers unless you put your ears right up to them.
I actually have that in my stereo setup, there is a significant vertical component and I can't locate the speakers unless I walk up to them. From the video it seems as though they were more interested in special effects than producing a realistic soundstage with added ambience. I wouldn't want to be in the middle of the performance, I want to hear it as if I'm in the audience with the added channels producing the sound of the hall. I couldn't get this from the ancient 5.1 systems I had years ago, at least for music programs, so I went back to stereo sound. If it sounded like enhanced stereo I could be interested, if it's 10' high drum sets (as described in the video) I'm out.
I actually have that in my stereo setup, there is a significant vertical component and I can't locate the speakers unless I walk up to them.
I want to hear it as if I'm in the audience with the added channels producing the sound of the hall. I couldn't get this from the ancient 5.1 systems I had years ago, at least for music programs, so I went back to stereo sound.
