Monday, 15 July 2013

The Two Channel Audio | What and Why?

Two channel audio enhances your music experience through creation of a two dimensional listening experience. Music as an experience is centered on the sound quality and the atmosphere where you are present. With the modern advancements in technology, sound quality enhancement has become a major concern of the professionals who work with sound equipment. In this context, the new era concept of enhancing the sound quality has become a major challenge for people working in this area of sound creation.
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What is two channel audio?

Two channel audio is the stereo sound technology that has been there for a long time now. It is based on the idea of placing two speakers adjacent to each other, faced towards the listener such that it creates a two dimension sound sensation for the listener. Stereo or two channel sounds without mixing of channels are the experience that has gripped listeners in the past era. Acoustic sounds are a quality inspiration for people who love real music. 

Why choose Two Channel Audio

Stereo sounds have been there for a long time, but properly mixed channel records are the trend on which the sound recording industry is moving forward. two channel audio or the stereo sound is still preferred as compared to other mixed channel records because you don’t need to buy a lot of hardware and don’t need to create space for speakers all around your room in order to have a great sound experience. As compared to 5.1, 7.1 or 10.two channels scattered around the area, two channel audio consists of just two speakers placed on the same side of the room directed towards the listener. The stereo or two channel audio is usually preferred by people who like the conservative sound quality, as they don’t like sounds mixed over the original audio that create sensations of aircrafts flying over their heads and sound of a bullet fire as it were very close to their ears.

Media formats
Media used for stereo are 3two bit SD II, CD, DVD and DV (Digital Video) formats. Audio and video sound variations are recorded and transmitted to the listener who uses speakers to get the sensation of the sound that becomes an enjoyable music experience.


Equipment

The two-channel version of the UHJ encoding hierarchy is used for recording two channel audio and can be carried by CD, FM or radio signals, which is then decoded at the listener’s end.

Companies dealing in two channel audio
The following are some big names dealing in the two channel audio equipment:

Paragons
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  • Audio Research Corporation (ARC)
  • Benz-Micro Switzerland
  • Bowers & Wilkins (B&W)
  • Bully Sound Company (BSC)
  • Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems
  • Denon Electronics
  • Doshi Audio
  • Etymotic Research
  • Grado Labs
  • Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS)
  • Integra
  • JL Audio
  • Koetsu
  • McIntosh Laboratory
  • Okki Nokki
  • Parasound
  • Playback Designs
  • Pro-Ject Audio Systems
  • RealTraps
  • REL Acoustics
  • Rotel
  • SME Limited
  • Solidsteel
  • Sonus faber
  • Transparent Audio
  • Wadia Digital
  • Wilson Audio
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