Mark Lanctot;194905 Wrote: > I was in an anechoic chamber once and let me tell you, you would NOT > want to listen to music in it. It'd sound awful. >
I wonder about that. I know exactly what you mean - I was in an anechoic chamber two days ago, and speaking or listening to voices in it is very odd, even uncomfortable. But is it so bad listening to recorded music? Part of the sound of the recording will be due to reflections present in the recording room - can that make it sound more natural when played in an anechoic chamber? One thing I notice with very high-fidelity stereo systems in good rooms is that I sometimes notice the reverberations in the recording, and they don't match what I'm expecting to hear given the room I'm sitting in. It can be kind of distracting, unless I close my eyes, as it's then easier to pretend I'm in the correct venue. It only happens with exceptionally good sound reproduction - I suppose the stereo illusion has to be very very good. I actually listen for this sometimes as a test of the quality of a system. So maybe listening to a recording made in the real performance venue, in an anechoic chamber with your eyes closed, wouldn't be so bad? It would be fun to try, in any case. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34415 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
