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ambiophony, n.|æmbɪˈɒfənɪ|
[f. ambient a. + -o1 + -phony, after stereophony n.]
Sound reproduction in which a three-dimensional effect is produced by feeding signals from two sources to four or more speakers with slight time differences.
1959Philips Techn. Rev. XX. 322/2 The solution to this problem by means of ambiophony has already been described. 1963Radio Times 10 Jan. 32/1 Studio 4 uses a new device called ‘ambiophony’... The ‘dead’ orchestral sound is..played back to the studio through..sixty-two loud-speakers at several different very small time-delays, calculated in thousandths of a second. 1975Which? Sept. 274/2 This can create a four-channel effect from stereo records, tape or radio; how pleasing you find this effect (called ambiophony) will depend on you.
So ambioˈphonic a., of the nature of or pertaining to ambiophony.
1959Philips Techn. Rev. XX. 323/2 An ambiophonic installation can also be used to suggest to listeners that they are seated in a hall of greater size. 1975G. J. King Audio Handbk. xii. 260 Terms often used for the 2-2-4 arrangement are ‘ambiophony’ and ‘ambiophonic’. 1975Gramophone Jan. 1416/3 There may be a facility for giving a quasi-quadraphonic or ‘ambiophonic’ effect. 1978Ibid. Apr. 1796/3 There is a switch which introduces a Hafler-type circuit, using the second pair of loudspeakers as an ambiophonic rear channel. |