Yamaha YSP-5600 Owners Manual - Page 101
Basic Knowledge of Surround Sound, What is a Digital Sound Projector?
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Basic Knowledge of Surround Sound What is a Digital Sound Projector? A typical surround sound playback system uses 5 to 7 speakers. To configure a surround sound playback system that enables audio playback in the vertical direction, 2 or more additional speakers should also be installed above the listening position. Height speakers A digital sound projector provides optimal control over the delay time for each of the compact speakers installed in orderly rows, and drives the amplifier for each of these speakers, synthesizing audio signals output from each speaker as highly focused sounds (sound beams). Digital amplifier Front speaker Subwoofer Front speaker Center speaker Surround speaker Surround speaker Surround back speakers A highly realistic sound field can be created with multiple speakers installed around the listening position as shown in the illustration above. However, this can be difficult to do in a living room. The unit utilizes "digital sound projector" technology, enabling it alone to provide a realistic and engaging surround sound experience. Speaker Sound beams are emitted in the target direction These focused sounds possess wave-like characteristics. When they hit a hard wall or ceiling, they are reflected off the wall or ceiling. A digital sound projector outputs sound beams from seven channels, including front (left/right), center, surround (left/right), and height (left/ right) channels, by reflecting these beams off the walls and ceiling so that sounds reach the listener from the appropriate direction. It features a technology that enables true surround sound without requiring the installation of speakers behind or to the sides of the listener, or in the ceiling. By combining sound beams coming from the front (left/right) and back (left/right), it can also create two new audio channels for surround sound playback using 7.1 channels in the horizontal direction. With this configuration, the new audio channels output sounds from surround sound channels, while sound beams coming from behind the listening position (left/right) output sounds from surround back channels. The sound image of the system APPENDIX ➤ Basic Knowledge of Surround Sound En 101