Guest Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I recall reading something in a magazine a long time ago about this. So the story was that if you have 3 identical speakers (apparently this was a must) you can create some sort of effect by hooking them up as follows. Left and right as per normal and the third speaker to the positive output of both channels. Set them up in a triangle pattern in the room. I can't remember what the purpose of doing this was, or what the effect was. Has anyone heard of or done this? Would it damage the equipment?
Grumpy Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I used a different smaller speaker for the rear(s) than the front and my old stereo amp had no problems - you can add 2 speakers to the rear by reconfiguring the wires from one rear to the other. This is all based on the 70's 4 channel sound . Yes you can do that to create a rear surround sound effect speaker. My first surround set-up using stereo VCR, was done like this until I could afford a 'real' surround receiver. It was amazing fun back then with a great rear effects sound on movies such as Jurassic Park etc. I got the idea and instructions from an old book from 1974 called something like From Stereo to 4 Channel Surround or something like that which was all to do with the then 4 channel Quadraphonic Sound so popular in the early 70's. I really really had fun fiddling around doing that back a few years a go when I first got into it. Edited March 31, 2014 by Grumpy
surprisetech Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 You'll find some interesting takes on this topic here. http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php?/topic/38315-2-channel-stereo-using-3-speakers/
arthur63 Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Also, another effect you will get in setting up a third speaker in this way is that the vocals will get cancelled on a lot of recordings. Your own homemade karaoke!
Guest Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Wow that's interesting. So the third speaker doesn't have to be the same as the other two? And I see people in that other thread talking about how the third speaker plays "the difference between L and R" Can someone explain this a bit further to me please? What is this "difference"? And there's no risk of damaging either speaker or amp by doing this? Gonna have to try this I think Edited March 31, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher
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