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InappropriateTA t1_iumiym5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that the first movie to have surround sound was from 1940; Walt Disney's Fantasia. Some versions of 'Fantasound' called for 52 speakers. by infected_scab

You have 2 ears that provide spatial awareness. Surround sound allows you to hear things all around you.

When you are watching something and you can hear the on-screen characters’ dialog like it’s coming from right in front of you, while hearing sounds of the jungle setting that the characters are in coming from behind, beside, and above you, it’s pretty immersive.

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