lafayette wrote: > Just a note on "sound stage" -- generally speaking, talk of wider sound > stages is pure nonsense. Optimally, the sound stage should be no wider > than the distance between the speakers, driver to driver.
I'm sorry, but *this* is nonsense. > If you are > hearing something wider than that -- and this is not only possible but > often or usually the case -- then you are hearing room interactions and > reflections. This, in turn, means you are hearing more mush and less > music. Or alternatively, you could be listening to a well-recorded stereo recording on good quality gear. It's perfectly possible (and indeed, desirable) for a stereo pair of speakers to project a sound stage that appears to be wider than the distance between speakers. Please read up on how stereophonic reproduction works. Here's a good start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
