Auro 3d sound an audio revolution

[v1c]

Auro 3d sound

Wonder how long this will be till it hits the home ?

Explains why the Amps are moving up to 11.1.

How does this news sit within the community is it exciting or just oh no not another one ?

 

[ric71]

Oh no not another one!!! I have almost completed my system at great expensive and saving for every component. The thought of a new format is a pain.

Did I read that it is backward compatible with material ie stereo cd's etc? If so still "oh no",but very exciting.

What was the minimum amount of channels required?

 

[v1c]

It's "Going back to PCM" and it embeds 1d,2d + 3d info into a single carrier.

Minimum for Home Cinema looks like 9.1 however there's also a mention to car audio and headphones (coming soon) within the site information.

Wonder if this is a threat to Dolby + DTS .... will they need to respond.... won't really know till it's been heard but they got a pretty big endorsement with Lucasfilm so develpoments will be interesting. Could this be the future of sound ?

Lots of questions !

 

[Frank Harvey]

I don't think there will be any real threat.

Seeing as most people can only just about fit in 5.1, I doubt they'll be rushing out to buy 9.1. It'll only be those with dedicated bat caves investing in that sort of set up anyway - how many here can honestly say that A, they can fit in 9.1 speakers, and B, their missus would allow it? DTS only need to do what I said in another thread - up their sampling frequencies to 192kHz and get the most out of DTS-MA's capabilities. this will bring top notch quality to everyone with a half decent 5.1 system based around a Bluray player.

I know which my first choice would be.