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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio.
Post Subject: Imaging, soundstage, compression....Posted by Romy the Cat on: 2/3/2008
To assess how far audio imaging from sound of a ”live” musical presentation we need to subtract visual experiences from perception, including the long-lasting visual experiences. I would agree that focusing ONLY on imaging can lead attention off beam, but it is no different from focusing on any other ONLY thing. Still, imaging is a playback is a phenomenal debugging tool that is one of the most sensitive tools to indicate problems. Does imaging exist in “live” sound? Sure, it does, we just do not acknowledge imaging as it is a natural part of our visual perception. However, the imaging-scenic perception is a process of recognition, contrary to soundstage -scenic perception that is a process of positioning.
Anyhow, I would not argue the subject of imaging vs. soundstage; I did it before many times, including the stolen by AA dirt debate in 2001. The subject that I would like accent in this thread is the relationship between compression and soundstage. I propose that soundstage is a derivative property of compression. Stripping compression destroys soundstage, increasing of compression makes soundstage more tangible. However, a mitigation of compression has practically no effect upon imaging. That was a point of my argument.
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