Comments on: Has everything audio that can be invented been invented?

In terms of audio--and video--what do you want that has yet to exist?

[kbarso]

I would like to see HD movies on some form of memory card. SD, Micro SD, compact flash Sony Memory stick etc. Media is small and no moving parts. Netflix could use a special card that they can reuse when a film is no longer a top rental. This would save them storage space. The players would be small and fast loading. Local video stores could let you copy a new film to the card having only one card per customer. Same rental price. If you wanted to buy a movie a no recording card could be sold.

[gerrrg]

The current ability to mimic live sound is limited. The ability of video to replicate the experience of being there live, is limited too.

Once we get audio and video that mimics the holograms from the 90's Star Trek, then we're still not there.

The Memorex question still applies: "Is it live or is it Memorex?"

[borispmchan]

In fact, everything that we need with audio and visual entertainment are already there with us. All we need is refinement, not getting things worse (as you can see, many new technologies are bull. I love coaxial cables, no HDMI please!) I want to hear speakers that sound better, to those all in a box crappy home theaters from Japanses firms like Sony, Panasonic or whatever.

[borispmchan]

I wish to see compact full range speaker that's smaller than a tissue box and can still produce down to the real bass (say, down to 50Hz) That's got to be high excursion drivers, I guess.

[Dottenmoira]

IMHO, one of the challenges we face in audio is the recreation of the original sound state - recordings are made of everything from a solo instrument to large orchestras (and electronic sounds that are meant to simulate an even larger sound stage), using anything from a single mic to multiple ones, then mixed according to the liking of the producer, and played through various numbers of speakers in very different acoustic environments. There are simply too many variables introduced along the way that not only can alter the sound but make it impossible to know the original character of the source. I assume in the near future we will have sound profiles, much like the color profiles that accompany computer visual files, to maintain much more closely the original nature and intent of the sound from input to output, and perhaps much smaller speaker units arranged in an array along entire walls that can project a sound and sound stage that is much closer to the original source.

[Dottenmoira]

Sorry, the first line of the comment above was meant to read 'sound STAGE', not 'sound state'.

[HevnHira]

I feel that conventional speakers are a little archaic, even though high end versions sound good. Speakers work by using a magnet to move a piece of metal back and forth and ridiculous speeds, which to me seems a little primitive. In the near future, I'm hoping that some of those "vision" speakers will more accurately replicate the sound production of instruments.
For example, a long string of metal that vibrates, and can sound like guitars/violins etc.

[stripecaster]

Speakers built into products are the worst! Conventional speakers are really not cutting it for a lot of AV devices today, especially in flat panel TVs, laptops and gaming monitors. The displays and housings are smaller, the electronics are better and smaller, but the acoustic output stinks. I have no problem with a big TV hooked up to my home theater system, but I don't want that on my desktop or in my bedroom. It would be great if there was a new speaker technology that did not take up a lot of space, sounded great, and actually aimed the sound at the listener.

[warner711]

When CD was invented there was alot of information left out that could only be heard from vinyl.It makes me wonder why the industry hasn,t came out with a Blu Ray player for audio purposes.Surely the whole audio spectrum could be stored on such a disk.There isn,t a format war anymore between HD and Blu Ray,and DVD audio isn,t competing with SACD anymore.As an audio fan i,m surprised i haven,t read anything about this.With manufacturers tooling up for Blu Ray,the technology will become cheaper,and CD could be phased out altogether.Blank Blu Ray discs can then be the winning format saving shelf space for DVD blanks,CD blanks etc.The players can be taylored to be either audio and video or just audio...I,m not a technology expert,To me this sounds like the way forward..

[alegr]

"When CD was invented there was alot of information left out that could only be heard from vinyl".

Care to explain? What information? Clicks and pops that you wanted to hear, or what?

And why would you want Bluray media for audio? You want 256 bits per sample?

[stripecaster]

I just tried googling for new types of speakers that you could make invisible and found a website for a company called Emo Labs (www.emolabs.com). They say they have a way of making really thin, transparent speakers. That would be really cool if it works.

Has anybody else heard about them?