I've never understood why companies that produce multi-channel soundbars, claim them to be surround sound. How exactly does that work? I mean, how can you get "true surround sound" with all the audio coming from one object, that's in one location? Even if Asus says it's multi-directional, doesn't that just mean the sounds are coming from one location at different angles, how exactly does that produce true surround sound, it's still just one unit. Heh, I'll just stick with the Energy Take Classic system.
@Cyrs it's mainly a lot of psychoaccoustics + the possibility to send audio from different angles. done right, it can make you believe to have sound coming from quite some places.
On Topic: I have a yamaha sound bar and an old pioneer soundbar and they both do a great job of making you think you are hearing sound coming from behind and to the sides of you. I am really interested in this product, but only if the blue led is really distracting, either overly bright or just a fast fading in and out pulse, something like 120+ pulses a minute.
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I've never understood why companies that produce multi-channel soundbars, claim them to be surround sound. How exactly does that work? I mean, how can you get "true surround sound" with all the audio coming from one object, that's in one location? Even if Asus says it's multi-directional, doesn't that just mean the sounds are coming from one location at different angles, how exactly does that produce true surround sound, it's still just one unit. Heh, I'll just stick with the Energy Take Classic system.
@Cyrs it's mainly a lot of psychoaccoustics + the possibility to send audio from different angles. done right, it can make you believe to have sound coming from quite some places.
but yeah, i understand you very well.
@Cyrs
Technically, all sound is surround sound.
On Topic: I have a yamaha sound bar and an old pioneer soundbar and they both do a great job of making you think you are hearing sound coming from behind and to the sides of you. I am really interested in this product, but only if the blue led is really distracting, either overly bright or just a fast fading in and out pulse, something like 120+ pulses a minute.