What about 21.2 or a 27.2 sound system, this will be a discrete set of frequency bands that will be separate from one another, more a less like what an Active X-over does with dividing the signal from a mono signal that is sent to it and presenting it back with lower lows and higher highs.
Though I don't see this happening, but anything is possible, with today's technology at hand it's those, who disagree with newer techniques.
And as for the loudspeakers, well that's another story, the loudspeaker will have to be able in the home cinema arena be able to handle the dynamics from this set-up, which will deliver a crisper spectrum of sound to the listener with universal excellence without distortion.
So Jan, you're a thinking person's man?
What do you think, can it be made to work, and if there's one word that I don't like to hear, that's the word impossible....