AA Week 2 - 5.1 Surround
This week in Audio Arts we examined 5.1 technology. 5.1 simply refers to the speaker setup employed to create spatial effects which we enjoy in the movie cinemas. The 5 refers to the 5 satellite speakers set up around the listener specifically, Left and Right, Center, Rear Left and Right. The .1 refers to the subwoofer, which due to the nature of low end frequencies is uni directional, and hence can be placed anywhere. In spite of this, cinema setups generally incorporate the sub woofer to the left at the front of the room.
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