Time-alignment -- Rear soundfield enlargement trick . . .

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I have been experimenting with the DVD-A digital time-alignment feature of my Denon DVD-A11 / -5900, and I've found that by setting the rears to a distance of only 3ft* (when in fact they are about 7ft away from my sofa), the perceived sound they produce appears to come from even further behind -- thus making the soundfield in my room seem significantly enlarged, particularly with hall ambience in classical recordings. It also means I can turn-up the rears (i.e. louder) without them 'taking over' the mix because any transients from them occur AFTER corresponding ones from the fronts (i.e. the fronts now 'lead' while the rears follow a few milliseconds later).
*The player applies additional time-delay based on the closer distance setting.
Has anybody else tried this? Are there any negative drawbacks?

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Topic - Time-alignment -- Rear soundfield enlargement trick . . . - Martin419 04:17:48 06/09/04 (3)

Re: Time-alignment -- Rear soundfield enlargement trick . . . - Kal Rubinson 10:41:50 06/09/04 (2)

Re: Time-alignment -- Rear soundfield enlargement trick . . . - Martin419 07:31:37 06/10/04 (1)

Re: Time-alignment -- Rear soundfield enlargement trick . . . - Kal Rubinson 12:26:56 06/10/04 (0)

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