Just so we're clear, there's nothing "faux" about the YSP's surround sound. It creates five distinct channels from five distinct points around the room: no phase-y tricks or "virtual" crap going on.
No, it doesn't - it only creates sound from the speakers in the bar, unless you break the unit up into pieces, wire them up and position them around the room.
...and bounces the sound off walls to simulate surround sound speakers. This is clever, I'll grant you, but it's still faux surround sound and highly dependent on the room you're in having good surfaces (curtains don't work, and you can't have anything in the way like other chairs, etc) to bounce off in good places, in particular for the rear speakers, which rely on bouncing off two walls - if you move, you can hear the sound as it comes off the first wall and the illusion is lost.
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Just so we're clear, there's nothing "faux" about the YSP's surround sound. It creates five distinct channels from five distinct points around the room: no phase-y tricks or "virtual" crap going on.
No, it doesn't - it only creates sound from the speakers in the bar, unless you break the unit up into pieces, wire them up and position them around the room.
...and bounces the sound off walls to simulate surround sound speakers. This is clever, I'll grant you, but it's still faux surround sound and highly dependent on the room you're in having good surfaces (curtains don't work, and you can't have anything in the way like other chairs, etc) to bounce off in good places, in particular for the rear speakers, which rely on bouncing off two walls - if you move, you can hear the sound as it comes off the first wall and the illusion is lost.