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Jason Dunn
01-19-2005, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://akiba.sorobangeeks.net/index.php?cat=2#' target='_blank'>http://akiba.sorobangeeks.net/index.php?cat=2#</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Space is quite limited in Japan and installing a 5.1 system might be difficult, so a virtual 5.1 sounds like a good solution. JVC has such a system, and purists might say that it's not the real thing, but an included MD player makes this a good alternative and versatile solution."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/jvc-dunn-011705.jpg" /><br /><br />This is the first virtual surround sound system I've seen shipping, and I'm not surprised it's shipping in Japan first. I wonder what type of technology they're using in this though - I was under the impression that this stuff was still a year or two away.

Gary Sheynkman
01-19-2005, 02:55 AM
I'll be a purist and say that virtual surround sound (aka sound waves bouncing off the walls behind you from the speakers infront) will never sound as good as an good 5.1 system :wink: