"I’ve also heard numerous high-end multichannel systems, all of which couldn’t hold a candle to what we heard." - Howard Kneller, Soundstage Global.

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"I downloaded the Hotto Ambiophonic Transcoder to use in reaper and wow what a difference! For the first time in my life I am hearing music the way it was intended by the engineer and the musicians. I tracked a band over the weekend and right away I can hear what's wrong in the mix. Everything is so apparent and in your face. I am no longer being lied to by the speakers and the room I am in. I can hear when reverbs and delays clash with each other so much easier now. Honestly, I can't ever go back to listening to stereo ever again. It's such a waste of time. How can something so awesome be so unheard of? Everyone should be able to hear music this way."

-- Paul Herlihy, recording engineer

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"XTC/Ambiophonics……WOW!
I spent the last day or so in the UK playing with the XTC (RACE crosstalk Cancellation) setup and was staggered by the improvement this can achieve in image precision, depth placement, stage width increase, and removal of crosstalk smearing.  The improvements were both dramatic and particularly surprising given the fact that my arrangement of the LS1s is nothing like the optimum Ambiodipole configuration (probably around 50 degrees rather than the preferred 20 degrees or so).  I can’t wait to try the XTC processing out in combination with the DRC!"

-- Andrew (TacT RCS user)

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In the first few minutes after Chelvam had pressed a few buttons on his laptop, what I heard and the images it projected were astounding and unforgettable. I could hear the bird chirping behind me and the water flowing in front of me. I said to him, “I got it! I got it!”. Being shocked by what I had just heard, I asked him to stop as I wanted him to confirm that only the two speakers were active and no other speakers were active. Being not convinced, I suggested that he played some familiar songs and we settled on one of Norah Jones’. He was very confident and selected one and played. In the first few minutes, I could hear her soft voice in front and to be exact, in front and below my ear level. Suddenly, I heard the guitar was on my left (9 o’clock), not in front on the left (about 10 or 11 o’clock) which I would normally hear.

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This was my first encounter with his 3D audio system. Truly I was fascinated by his system and the unexpected and shocking experience, thanks to cross-talk cancellation done at the application level in his laptop before the audio signals reaching the DAC. - Chua Ngak Keng

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Kind words of  Sharil who is also a reviewer of audio equipment.  Unfortunately, it did not get into one of his audio sites.   Here is one mini review of system by one of the the few reviewers in my country. You may also find others comments in the forum.

Quoting verbatim  "After a a few months of chit chat over Whatsapp, I finally found time to visit STC's den to experience first hand what ambiophonics sounds like. Spent about 3 hours or so experiencing various musical genre and also a few 'settings'.Ir was 3 dimensional experience where music just envelopes around you in a very reliastic manner. Layer bu layer was of the music was exposed in such detail. The drum rolls on track like Black Magic Woman was presented in a manner that I could actually imagine how the drum set was configured. The soundstage was full but at the same time, the vocal was set smack in the middle and did not loose any prowesness. Bass however, was little shy to my preference. It was extended and not thud thumping bass. But I can do with a little bit more of a dive in the lower frequency.I can see why (but I dont understand why) audiophiles can reject this ambiophonics idea but experience it and let your emotion or hearing decide it. I certainly enjoyed it and if I ever have my own hifi room back, I may look into ambiophonics.

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