lafayette wrote: > Fair enough. I appreciate the civil tone of your reply and am glad this > is behind us.
I am usually reasonable, if a little blunt sometimes. :) > Well, the way things have been explained to me is like this: > > The stereo image depends, ideally, upon a point source beamed directly > at each ear. Now, suppose your speakers are on-axis. That means that > you are getting the center of the waves emanating from the speakers. > That is what you hear. Geometrically, how could you hear something to > the outside of that line, unless it was reflected off a surface in some > way? Ah, that's where the ear comes in. Technically, you're right. However, with a suitable recording, the sound being transmitted contains localisation information from the original venue that tell the brain where the original sound was positioned in the original sound stage. This is "encoded" in phase differences between the left and right channels (i.e. short delays). You will only hear this on "pure" recordings, i.e. those made with just a pair of microphones suitably arranged. Or possibly three, as used in the Living Stereo series of recordings. It's also not all that common, given that the recording engineer is generally aiming to capture the whole sound stage rather than leaving some of out in the wings. Hope this helps, R. PS. Of course, I may be wrong. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
