[skylineivan]

Great Community! I am proud to be here with you all. However, I am trying to understand something and am having a very hard time getting information from anyone or even anything on the internet. I am a music producer. I want to deliver my music in a Quadraphonic format to my listeners. My questions are:
 
1.) Do any of the smartphones, mp3 players, etc. have the ability to stream or play a multichannel music file? From what I've found, they only deliver Stereo sound but there MUST be a way (plugin, app) that can do this?
 
2.) What medium do I have to use in order to get the music to my listeners? I understand that CD is not an option so I assume that I could do a Quadraphonic mix on DVD and/or Blu Ray? Is that true and are those my only options?
 
I would love to be able to stream music in a 4 channel format but keep hitting a brick wall when trying to get ANY info. on how multi channel audio is being used in today's environments.
 
I appreciate everyone on this page and am looking forward to any insight regarding my questions.
 
I apologize if they are uneducated, but like I stated, I am a newbie when it comes to producing in 4 channel audio.
 
Respectfully,
--Ivan

 

[DingoSmuggler]

What 4-earpiece headphones do you plan on using, and which 4-eared species is your target audience?

 

[skylineivan]

Thats just it. I dont really want to use headphones, rather I want to output to 4 small speakers. I am trying to find an economical way to do this but I am a Nuub and having a little difficulty understanding how to accomplish this.

 

[wakibaki]

You can't do it.

The phone has only 2 output channels. This is a hardware limitation, there's no good reason to have more.

You need a device that commonly has 4 or more output channels. Like a desktop computer with onboard sound.

 

[skylineivan]

Wouldn't this work for what I am trying to do?
 
http://www.minidsp.com/products/minidsp-in-a-box/minidsp-2x4 

 

[wakibaki]

No, that's a programmable filter. It has no memory for music storage.


 


What you need is like a double-DAP. 2 audio players in the same package with a single memory and controls. It's far from impossible, just nobody makes anything like it, AFAIK. I stand to be corrected.


 


There are multichannel portable recorders such as this Tascam:-


 


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tascam-4-Track-Portable-Digital-Recorder/dp/B005NACC6M


 


There are many flavours by many manufacturers, the right one would probably do the job, but they're not really intended for music distribution, and maybe not everybody wants to buy one.