Surround Sound, from two speakers?

I was wondering if anyone here knew how to get the full dolby pro logic/5.1/6.1 spectrum with only a couple speakers and a subwoofer.

I am thinking pack to the days of Qsound and speaker phasing, I know that some great stuff was being done in this field back in the late ninties with sound cards bringing surround sound to the traditional two speaker/ subwoofer desktop setup...

Basically I want surround sound without needing to find five strategically placed flat surfaces in the closet I live in. Headphones are an option, If I can get a good price. I don't know if I want wireless headphones, the displays at my Best Buy are always so buggy and full of static.

Thanks for any help I get.

OMG GET A BOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111222222222

(don't get a bose - they claim you can get 5.1 surround sound with only two speakers. you can't)

If you're looking for headphones. Check out some of the music stores in your area. You'll pay for it, but you'll can get some nice headphones for around $100.

Headphones are easily your best bet. I can't imagine how you would be able to pump out 5.1 from a pair of speakers without really tricky acoustics and wall-bouncing from two bi-directional speakers.

What are these being run through (a reciever?), what are your hook ups, and what's your price range for headphones?

I have an RCA boombox, that claims to have surround sound and on some occasions, I could actually hear sounds behind me, when watching a football game. I now have that unit in the bedroom and have'nt used it for more than just music.

Well, you can simulate surround sound with a few speakers, but it's not gonna be real. You need some sort of reciever that supports 4.1/5.1, and generally there is a setting on the reciever itself that lets you simulate it. Take for example mono and stereo, mono is just 1 channel split into 2 parts, same goes for simulated surround. Or, you could get a cheap set of computer speakers, and set it up that way. If you want a serious system you're looking to spend some change.

If you're doing this from the stereo, put the speakers directly on both sides of the room. If you running through the computer, got Radioshack, get a stereo adapter for RCA, and put the speakers on both sides of the room. ;)

it's not 5.1, but you'll have alot of fun with it if you have any virtual surround support.

I am not sure if I conveyed it well... But money, while an issue to some degree, is not the main issue. Space is getting the best of me.

I actually have an inexpensive 5.1 speaker/subwoofer combo from interact, it was even featured in EGM months after I bought it, so I guess I was slightly ahead of the poor man's movie setup game.

I actually have the Bose 3-2-1 set-up. It's only 2 speakers as Nemo said, but you can get some really impressive sound out of it. I'm also hampered by a complete lack of any space, hence the 2 speaker option. A thing to consider is the price point for it. At retail it'll cost you around a grand, but if you sniff around you can get it for quite a lot cheaper.

Alright. Believe it or not, you can get surround sound out of 2 speakers.

I don't know enough about home audio to point you at a set-up but it is possible for a computer to calculate and manipulate the audio on the fly.

But you have be be like an exact distance from the speakers, right inbetween, with them facing directly at you.

A program can then manipulate the audio so that when you hear it you actually hear the sounds behind you. It's done with minute delays and echos...all kinds of fun technical stuff.

It's essentially an optical illusion...only for your ears. And aural illusion.

I'm lazy. But a cursory google search should net you a list of software that will do it.

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Alright. Believe it or not, you can get surround sound out of 2 speakers.

I don't know enough about home audio to point you at a set-up but it is possible for a computer to calculate and manipulate the audio on the fly.

But you have be be like an exact distance from the speakers, right inbetween, with them facing directly at you.

A program can then manipulate the audio so that when you hear it you actually hear the sounds behind you. It's done with minute delays and echos...all kinds of fun technical stuff.

It's essentially an optical illusion...only for your ears. And aural illusion.

I'm lazy. But a cursory google search should net you a list of software that will do it.

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I'm guessing my boom box has that function built within. The boombox also has a built in Sub-Woofer. I paid well over $325 for this Boombox back around 93. If you sit near the center of the room, with the unit sitting directly in front of you, you can hear sounds behind you. It worked real well, when I hooked the audio out, of my HI-FI VCR and watched programs that were in surround sound. The effect was really evident, when watching football on television. You'd hear people yelling in the stands, from behind you. I'm not sure if RCA still makes this product, but it's a pretty cool setup.



Here's another RCA boombox, that features surround sound, out of 2 speakers.

http://www.rca.com/product/viewdetai...00015,00.html?

I miss the effect from 2 speakers that I'd almost be willing to give up my 5.1.

What you're hearing is the reflections from the back wall. This can be stimulated by having a very solid back wall, i.e., no posters or anything. However, the results will be limited. I'd much rather have a good stereo setup than a poor surround setup.

Heh! I still remember having two speakers salvaged from a dead radio, plugged into a Y-jack and connected to the mic output of my Genesis/Sega CD, and hearing the Raptors of Jurassic Park Maul me from all directions because I was too slow with my taser. The grooviest part was when they got to the point that you would hear them chewing and eating your eviscerated remains.

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The grooviest part was when they got to the point that you would hear them chewing and eating your eviscerated remains.

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You don't get sounds like that anymore.

Interesting you played that game as well, did you find the secret trick to self destruct?

sorry, never finished, rental ran out.

I had blew all my Burger King Janitor Money on the actual system, Blockbuster was my only chance to play most Sega CD games before the prices dropped out of sight.

The games were in great condition, good as new!