SIMPLY SURROUNDED
A home theatre system that produces surround sound with just a single speaker has been unveiled by US electronics company Nirotek.
Surround sound normally requires five or six speakers arranged around the listener to create 3D sound. But the NIRO 1.1 PRO DVD player creates the same effect by packing five small speakers into an ordinary speaker case and using a built-in computer to process the output.
The computer manipulates the sound waves from the speakers so that they interfere in a way that reproduces the effect of ordinary surround sound in the region around the listener’s head…
