Refers to the two speakers located beside or behind the listening/viewing position. They help create a three-dimensional soundstage by reproducing the surround information on video soundtracks and music recordings encoded with surround sound. Dolby Pro Logic uses a mono input to the surround speakers, while Dolby Digital sends a stereo signal to give you that extra dimension.
speakers located beside or behind the listener that reproduce the surround channels of surround-sound¬–encoded audio programs.
Used in a Prologic, Dolby Digital or other surround system. In a Prologic system there is typically 5 speakers; centre, front left, front right, and rear left and right carrying the same mono signal. In a Dolby Digital/DTS system the rear speakers carry a stereo signal, and there is usually an additional subwoofer. It is also possible to add additional subwoofers, dipole rear speakers and so on.
Speakers placed at the sides and at the rear of an auditorium to increase the realism of a stereophonic presentation, or to produce other special effects.
The usually small speakers that are placed toward the sides or toward the rear in a surround-sound playback system and handle the decoded, extracted, or synthesized ambience signals. Some manufacturers refer to them as "rear-channel" speakers, a misnomer.
Home theater speakers placed to the side or rear of the listener to deliver a movie theater-like experience.
The pair of speakers that is placed to the side or rear of the listening position in a home theater to provide surround sound effects. Although these speakers don't have to be able to produce the deepest bass notes, we recommend speakers that are competent over a wide frequency range.
The side speakers, not the back speakers, in a Surround Sound system.
Speakers in a surround sound system that individually handle the different audio channels. For instance, a ProLogic sound system uses five surround speakers: center, front left, front right, rear left and rear right.