Re: JL Stealthbox Opinions

["Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The need for rear speakers...for "rear fill"...is always a hotly debated 
topic.

My opinion - and experience - is that there is NO need for rear fill 
speakers.  The soundstage should be in front of you, just as in any other 
environment.  When was the last time you listened to your home stereo, or 
attended a concert, and sat with your BACK to the stereo or stage?

For a home theater application, where Dolby Digital contains separate 
programming information for rear speakers, there is a requirement to have 
rear speakers for "fill" and to give a three-dimensional quality to the 
soundtrack.  For audio applications, where many input channels are mixed 
down to a left and right channel (for a stereo image), there is no need for 
rear speakers.  There is left-right imaging information contained in the 
recording, but no front-rear imaging information.  Therefore, you won't be 
killing any 'imaging' of the sound by not having rear speakers.

Go to an IASCA competition and check out the variety of systems that people 
put in their cars, and you'll find the biggest focus on front speakers to 
accurately re-create a FRONT soundstage.

- -rb

>
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:16:04 -0500
>From: "Ron H." <rhakim@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: JL Stealthbox Opinions
>

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>
>You're going to kill your imaging without any speakers in the rear.  The 
>stock front woofer is to low and out of the way for the best staging....try 
>and keep the rears for reflection off the rear glass.
>

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