Sweet Spot

[TLCW]

Sweet spot? When it sounds like headphones.

-1 . Headphones are around an inch from ears. To present the image and sound stage of a hall / auditorium is quite impossible.

I agree also to the talk about less pick-ups for sound stage recording. Many orchestral recordings in 60's -70's all seems to have very good sound stage in stereo playing -even on remastered CDs.

 

[JoeESP9]

If you're into classical music give any RCA Living Stereo Hybrid CD a listen. They were recorded (starting in 1953) with a minimal number of microphones, no extra mixing, no studio processing or sweetening and sound better than 98% of all recordings.

The all have a fantastic sound stage. If you don't/can't hear a sound stage when playing one of these recordings there is something wrong with your gear, your setup or both. They should be required listening for studio engineers. They are perfect examples of the less is more (sound wise) principle

BTW: The "Super Jewel Box" RCA Living Stereo Hybrid CD's come in are the nicest jewel boxes I've seen.

They have a RBCD layer and a SACD layer. So, no matter what kind of player you've got you can play them. The SACD layers sound better. They have more of a sense of the recording venue and greater overall clarity.

 

[Brett a]

Sweet spot = enchanting, absorbing, transcendental, therapeutic, mesmerizing, holographic, addicting.