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From: mofo@bucsf.bu.edu (jason greene)
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Subject: Re: New audio product
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Date: 26 Oct 90 12:59:57 GMT
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>   "Three-dimensional audio signal generator (Sound Retrieval System)
>   dynamically processes and adjusts conventional stereo signals to provide
>   a stereo sound system with a noticeable depth feature using only two
>   speakers."
>   "The system electronically sums (L+R) and subtracts (L-R and R-L) the
>   conventional left and right stereo signals and, after processing and
>   equalization, reconstructs them into new left and right signals."
>   "The difference signals of a stereo sound sytem provide the spatial
>   [...]

I have been seeing this "SRS" advertised by Hughes for about a year now.
The above quote looks exactly like what they say in their ads. Also, they
claim that you can "Buy a Sony TV that has better sound than your stereo.
Imagine that. A Sony TV equipped with SRS."

Well I have heard a few high-end Sony TV's in the past few weeks
(persumably then, these have "SRS" in them) and well, the speakers don't
sound ANY different than before, except for perhaps some added
amplification.

This "SRS" also seems to be to me something in the line what most
pre-amplifiers and tuners use for surround, which is actually "Simulated
Surround" - perhaps it even sinks as low as a "loudness" button.