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Article: You're in action with surround sound. (stereo sound innovation)
- Article from:
- Popular Science
- Article date:
- September 1, 1986
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1986 Bonnier Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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You're in the action with Surround sound Whoosh. A space cruiser from The Empire Strikes Back streaked across the projection screen in front of me. Its sound followed, thundering left to right from the stereo speaker system. Not unusual. I've seen the videotape and heard its stereo sound track before. But then, "Get ready," said my demonstrator. "Here it comes." The scene changed. The ship now came toward me, and in a moment I'd see its underbelly as it passed over my point of vision. The sound level grew as it approached. Then, in unison with the image I saw, the sound passed from the speakers in front to ones behind me. Caught in between, I fought the urge to ...