What are the supposed advantages of Surround EX?
(the following taken from a Dolby Press Release http://www.dolby.com/press/m.pr.9812.lucasfilm.html) – Gary Rydstrom, Academy Award-winning sound designer and Director of Creative Operations for Skywalker Sound (Lucas Digital Ltd., LLC) who helped form Surround EX states: “I wanted audiences to be completely encircled by surround, as well as hear sounds played directly behind them,” Rydstrom said. “I wanted to develop a format that would open up new possibilities and place sounds exactly where you would hear them in the real world.” -“This new surround technology provides filmmakers with a powerful new creative tool for producing realistic soundtracks,” said director George Lucas. “I’m proud that THX and Dolby joined forces to develop this new technology and bring it to the industry.” – “Dolby Digital – Surround EX realizes the long-held dream for surround sound that is truly all-enveloping,” Jasper stated. “With the new format, we’ve taken the technology to an additional level that ma
