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Article: Digital home - Surround sound - Sound advice. Tune into the latest in cinema-quality surround sound systems for your home.
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- Computer Act!ve
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- September 29, 2005
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Byline: Niall Magennis.
Ever tried watching a movie with the sound off? You'll find frantic action sequences look decidedly tame. That's because audio really does add a lot to the tension and drama in films. And it's no different when it comes to the latest computer games.
It's hardly surprising then that more and more of us are starting to envelop our living rooms with surround-sound systems.
Surround sound has actually been around for a long time. It was first used in 1941 for Walt Disney's Fantasia, where the classical film score was recorded across four discreet 'tracks' that were fed to speakers in each corner of the cinema. Using clever ...