22.2 surround sound


22.2 or Hamasaki 22.2 is the surround sound component of Super Hi-Vision of HDTV ). It has been developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories. It uses 24 speakers arranged in three layers.

Channels

The channel numbers and labels are:
AES

Pair No./Ch No.		Channel

No.		LabelName
1/11FLFront left
1/22FRFront right
2/13FCFront center
2/24LFE1LFE-1
3/15BLBack left
3/26BRBack right
4/17FLcFront left center
4/28FRcFront right center
5/19BCBack center
5/210LFE2LFE-2
6/111SiLSide left
6/212SiRSide right
7/113TpFLTop front left
7/214TpFRTop front right
8/115TpFCTop front center
8/216TpCTop center
9/117TpBLTop back left
9/218TpBRTop back right
10/119TpSiLTop side left
10/220TpSiRTop side right
11/121TpBCTop back center
11/222BtFCBottom front center
12/123BtFLBottom front left
12/224BtFRBottom front right

Channel numbers up to 6 represent the same as those in a 5.1 channel system. There are then a further 5 listener-plane channels, 9 overhead channels, arranged in a square, and a row of 3 further channels at the bottom front, plus the additional LFE channel.

Demonstrations