+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|                  |                |                |                |
| Characteristics  |   Stereo       |    Surround    |      SRS       |
|                  |                |      Sound     |                |
+==================+================+================+================+
|                  |      YES       |      YES       |       NO       |
|   Encoding       |Using 2 or more | Using 4 or 5   |Works with any  |
|                  | microphones    | microphones    |source such as  |
|                  |                | or special     |mono, stereo,   |
|                  |                | techniques     |or surround     |
|                  |                |                |technologies    |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|                  |     YES        |     YES        |      NO        |
|   Channels       |Left (L)        |4 or 5 channels |                |
|                  |Right (R)       |Front left chan-|                |
|                  |channels.       |nel to front rt.|                |
|                  |                |speaker, and so |                |
|                  |                |on.             |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|                  |                |   4 or 5       |                |
|   Speakers       |      2         | Surrounding    |       2        |
|                  |                |   listener     |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
|  Sweet spot?     |      YES       |     YES        |      NO        |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+

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