On 27/02/11 00:12, mlsstl wrote: > > Any recording is going to capture sound from only one perspective. And, > any speaker you have in your room, is going to radiate only in one > fashion. It has no ability to change its radiation pattern to vary with > each instrument. > > Similarly, arbitrary decisions need to be made by the recording > engineer and artist when it comes to recording hall ambience. > > Since completely accurate replication is impossible, the alternative is > to create an experience plausible enough to allow most people to have > what fiction writers call a "willing suspension of disbelief". > > The problem is there will likely never be universal agreement as to > what elements in what proportions best achieves that.
I'm not disagreeing with your general outlook here, but... The stereo recording process captures the nuances of the environment in which it was recorded. A good stereo recording through a reasonable quality reproduction system sounds awesome. I have a recorded orchestras with a stereo blumlein pair of good quality microphones and replayed it on a low-end audiophile system and the quality/reality/imaging/whatever is astounding. I wish I still had the recordings (long story, ex-g/f has them). I guess what I'm saying is that it's not generally not the playback equipment where the major improvements can be made. R. -- "Feed that ego and you starve the soul" - Colonel J.D. Wilkes http://www.theshackshakers.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
