Stereo imaging and visual localization

[tomlinmgt]

My thoughts on this topic from a few weeks ago....

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...w-it-affects-the-listening-experience.883261/

 

[twiiii]

I was comparing CD's and LP's on truly big systems that could buckle your knees and the value of the 3bx and and DBX sub harmonic synthesizer. It all show how weak the LP was as the ultimate format, unless the disc was cut at half speed 45 rpm with a single selection per side to reduce limiting and increase bass performance. I also thru in their that you have to match your speakers to your amps or they won't survive. And using point source speakers with limited dynamic range unless using short listening distances doesn't allow for proper faithful reproduction of dynamics.

 

[E-Stat]

I was comparing CD's and LP's on truly big systems that could buckle your knees...

Ok. Perhaps you meant to post these comments on another thread?

Look again at the post topic and read some of the replies: Stereo imaging and visual localization

Maybe its just me, but I find nothing relating to the topic being discussed in either of your posts.

 

[Sinewave]

Note that everything is "Subjective" and there are no standards for that. What may sound great for you may just sound nice for someone else.

Everything in a listening environment, room affects the audio. Is it a "live or "Dead" room. Furniture affects reflections of audio changing phase and sound level.

Your Brain interprets sound differently depending on your mood.

When was your last hearing test, when was the last time your ear wax was removed. Lots of variables to consider.

It's all about Music Appreciation and trying to analyze the detail your system can resolve.

What is interesting is with familiar albums heard on a less than ideal audio system, your brain will remind you of instruments or sounds that cannot be reproduced on lower quality systems.

So like all marketing media, everything is great and the best I've ever heard. Some people have never actually heard High End Detailed Audio and don't know what True Realistic Definition in High End Audio Sounds like to compare to.

So find a quiet room with no interruptions and really listen to what music is. You have to train yourself to hear the detail if you choose. Discuss what you heard and how it affected you.

So what annoys me the most? Battery powered clocks. 2 rooms away I still hear them ticking, even when I go to sleep at night. So I replace the quartz movements with continuous movements which are silent.

Note if you want to collect CD, find them in thrift stores and check the release dates and purchase the ones from the 1980s and 1990s before the compression wars ruined the dynamics on CDs. There is a website that lists the dynamics on LPs and CDs by release dates and may surprise you.

Remember a great sound system can sound bad in a bad listening environment. Even listening loudness has a sweet spot.

And as always, it's all "Subjective".

 

[mfrench]

stereo imaging, supported by visualization.

Please, put aside any preconceived notions of not liking classical music. This is exactly per the topic of the thread. If you watch and listen, you'll get a sense of aural and visual localization confirmation.
This is my soundtrack, master recording, applied to a video:

You can see my microphone array of four small mics; one very compact pair, flanked by another pair that are no larger than pencil erasers. This is from 2nd row, center.

 

[hopeless]

Note that everything is "Subjective" and there are no standards for that. What may sound great for you may just sound nice for someone else.

Everything in a listening environment, room affects the audio. Is it a "live or "Dead" room. Furniture affects reflections of audio changing phase and sound level.

Your Brain interprets sound differently depending on your mood.

When was your last hearing test, when was the last time your ear wax was removed. Lots of variables to consider.

It's all about Music Appreciation and trying to analyze the detail your system can resolve.

What is interesting is with familiar albums heard on a less than ideal audio system, your brain will remind you of instruments or sounds that cannot be reproduced on lower quality systems.

So like all marketing media, everything is great and the best I've ever heard. Some people have never actually heard High End Detailed Audio and don't know what True Realistic Definition in High End Audio Sounds like to compare to.

So find a quiet room with no interruptions and really listen to what music is. You have to train yourself to hear the detail if you choose. Discuss what you heard and how it affected you.

So what annoys me the most? Battery powered clocks. 2 rooms away I still hear them ticking, even when I go to sleep at night. So I replace the quartz movements with continuous movements which are silent.

Note if you want to collect CD, find them in thrift stores and check the release dates and purchase the ones from the 1980s and 1990s before the compression wars ruined the dynamics on CDs. There is a website that lists the dynamics on LPs and CDs by release dates and may surprise you.

Remember a great sound system can sound bad in a bad listening environment. Even listening loudness has a sweet spot.

And as always, it's all "Subjective".

Nicely done

 

[jrtrent]

stereo imaging, supported by visualization.

Please, put aside any preconceived notions of not liking classical music. This is exactly per the topic of the thread. If you watch and listen, you'll get a sense of aural and visual localization confirmation.

At present, I only have stereo sound through headphones, but even with my recently-purchased and inexpensive Koss QZ99's (my Pro4AA's, or possibly just the adapter I use, finally dropped a channel after 35 years), your recording of the Dvorak cello concerto has lovely sound and excellent aural localization.

Not that I mind mono, though. I followed up your recording with a cd copy of a 1957 mono version of the same piece featuring Mstislav Rostropovich with the USSR State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Boris Khaikin, and that was a gripping and fully satisfying experience, too.