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In the Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang for a back
Post Subject: Paul, it is very difirent.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 9/26/2023
Actually, Paul, it has nothing to do with stereo, with two
channels or four channels. The Auro or my reverberation channels, more or less
properly implemented present a completely different listening environment, and a completely different listening experience. From what I hear Auro has
significantly more promises. I however did not try to use my reverberation
channels with much more superior convoluted reverberation processes and I did
not hear Auro where main channels do not go over our processor, and I think it
is a way how it should be. So, I do not know what more fruitful direction is to
go, I need to try it. If you do not experiment with this personally there is no
reason for you to foresee what it is. I believe that I have quite good
listening intelligence, but I am completely not informed, and not trained to
understand nuances of space reproduction around the main listening channels. It is a bit ridiculous what kind of jungles high-end audio people dive into in order to get different minute aspects of sound
reproduction. They can fight with each other about the height of the cable
elevators, Increase humidity in the room where the turntable is spinning, or go to the
insane vintage of directly heated triodes. However, such a huge concept as a
creation in our small listening rooms a proper acoustic environment for proper reproduction
by active means, something that from my point of view has a monumental
influence to a listening experience, it's completely avoided attention by the high-end
audio community. I need to admit that I am in the very same camp and for years
I heard about quadros, surround sound, Dolby surround, DTS, 5, 7, 9, and 11 channels
installations and I absolutely detested all of that crap. What I am talking about today has to do with the active imposing of space parameters to the listening
environment without compromising any single property of 2-channel reproduction. That is all is not a perfect two-channel stereo but a completely different experience, that has hardly anything to do with typical
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