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Post Subject: Descending ascensionPosted by steverino on: 11/22/2013
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Oh I think it is very much a recursive arc but not in terms of audio fidelity etc as much as life history. But sometimes we can reculer pour mieux sauter. As big a problem as audio systems are to musical fidelity, the room effect is just as jarring. Nearfield listening or headphones remove that system requirement and make it much easier to achieve fidelity on remaining dimensions. We had a discussion in a different thread on how messed up soundstaging is on even world class systems compared to the live event. It is a commonplace that a world class headphone system is a fraction of the cost of a world class in-room audio system. But it is also true that near field listening also greatly lowers the bar for a world class system. Pierre at Mapleshade also has the useful idea to sit significantly lower in nearfield positions.
And how interesting that the big rig no longer has a sweet spot but instead has a sweat spot.
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