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Do not attempt this at home - if you own monoblocks.
I first read about this in Stereo Review many years ago.
I think it's "fake", but that's just 1 man's opinion.
If it works for you, great!!
Yeah, it works for me. Don't know what you mean about "fake", though. It works in the real world when I listen every night! I can disconnect the 3rd speaker but when I do it's not quite as nice.
Place "David Hafler DynaQuad" in a search engie.
Thanks for the tip. Came across a couple things, with more yet to read.
From an interview w/ Jim Fosgate:
"Were you familiar with David Hafler's DynaQuad box?
Fosgate: Yes, but at its best, it didn't have precise imaging or localization
Most of the BAS quote did not paste correctly in previous post but "...the back speakers are not perceived as being separ-
. In other words, there is an illusion of being in a much larger room, with
sounds reflecting from lofty walls and ceilings.
This is particularly evident when the back speakers are suddenly turned off, and the appar-
ent source of the music seems to collapse into a much smaller area at the front of the actual lis-
tening room."
My audio system was set up with the Eno configuration since On Land came out. It stayed that way for many years (I also set them up in left and right pairs) until I got hooked on a more purist approach with the discovery of high-end audio in 1995.
Nostalgic Factoid: I have an early Fisher tube integrated amp with a 3rd speaker switch and connectors. I believe it was meant to accommodate mono fans who wanted a little center fill between the stereo channels. It was, of course, not a discrete circuit.
"a more purist approach" exactly my point!! That's what I mean by "fake";maybe I should have said non purist. Again,if you like it good for you! Enjoy. I wasn't trying to start an argument, sorry!
I have a McIntosh C28 preamp with a "middle" channel speaker output. It even has an independent level adjustment.
It didn't seem to do much, but perhaps for a "normal" person who doesn't furnish a room around the prime factor of where the Hi Fi sounds best, it may have been useful for firming up imaging.
I think JA once wrote about a L/R/C front end at a sound demo that was startlingly realistic.
Yup, lotsa fun to be had.
Maybe it's time I dug that baby out of the garage...