--- On Mon, 4/2/12, Eric Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote:

> In subsequent thinking about his question it occurs to me
> that the plausibility, 
> not of the signals in the recording but of acoustic signals
> that enter the 
> listener's ears, is an important indicator of whether the
> listener finds the 
> reproduction to be realistic or not.  If our ears receive a
> large number of cues 
> that are wrong, or at least implausible, then the
> reproduction is unrealistic.

I would hasten to add visual cues as well. Seeing a small listening room and 
observing loudspeakers interferes with the creation of the illusion.  Listening 
in a pitch black room (no light whatsoever!), as silly as it may seem, is 
imperative to create the suspension of disbelief. Try it!
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