They use speaker arrays to get a more even soudn experience through the large theatre. Speakers will most likely be horns (some dipole some direct). The sound is surround processed for the array from the soundtrack. This part will be customized to the specific Cinema theatre - speakers and positions etc. You still get the same channels in whatever formats the movie has been released as.
What channels are heard in a comercial theater??
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When I went to see The Dark Knight at the IMAX theater, the sound system was the best I've ever heard by far. An incredibly imersive experience. Overhead, I counted six speakers along each side wall and six speakers across the back wall...of course the center channel was behind the screen.
With 10 rows of seats from front to back, what channels are those speakers along the side walls playing? Someone mentioned to me that the Dark Knight at the IMAX was playing only 5 channels. Is it concievable that from the front row to the back row that the speakers along the side walls are all playing information from the front channels only? The seating diagram for most home theater setups are primarily designed around the guy sitting in the sweet spot with only 5 speakers in the layout(not counting sub).
I'm just curious how comercial theaters parcel out what info goes to those side speakers. The IMAX experience was so immersive that I couldn't pinpoint what info was coming from where. I went to see the movie three times just to check out the sound system.
I viewed The Dark Knight a couple of nights ago in Blu Ray...it was very well done. I didn't bother to watch the whole movie...I was just curious as to how my system would sound on the ear-candy scenes. It is outstanding in Dolby True HD.
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When I went to see The Dark Knight at the IMAX theater, the sound system was the best I've ever heard by far. An incredibly imersive experience. Overhead, I counted six speakers along each side wall and six speakers across the back wall...of course the center channel was behind the screen.
With 10 rows of seats from front to back, what channels are those speakers along the side walls playing? Someone mentioned to me that the Dark Knight at the IMAX was playing only 5 channels. Is it concievable that from the front row to the back row that the speakers along the side walls are all playing information from the front channels only? The seating diagram for most home theater setups are primarily designed around the guy sitting in the sweet spot with only 5 speakers in the layout(not counting sub).
I'm just curious how comercial theaters parcel out what info goes to those side speakers. The IMAX experience was so immersive that I couldn't pinpoint what info was coming from where. I went to see the movie three times just to check out the sound system.
I viewed The Dark Knight a couple of nights ago in Blu Ray...it was very well done. I didn't bother to watch the whole movie...I was just curious as to how my system would sound on the ear-candy scenes. It is outstanding in Dolby True HD.
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