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In the Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio.
Post Subject: Soundstage, imaging, ambiance, width, depth, height?Posted by Paul S on: 2/4/2008
The thought of an arrary of images well forward of the speakers is troubling, but - other factors being equal - I love it when I get +/- that sort of thing behind the speakers along with sound energy from the "performance" that fills the room, even in front of the speakers, more or less apropos the "performance". I actually prefer it when the "sound field" pushes past my chair and gets "behind" me, etc. The Mercury Living Presence "Rigoletto" is an example of a "large scale" recording I can get this sort of illusion from, when the electricity is good, but this sense is also available under the right conditions from works of a "smaller scale".
There are certainly areas more important to me than imaging, but isn't the sense of immersion and "presence" we get from some "good" stereo recordings a good thing? Who does not like the uncanny sense that he is attending a "properly-scaled" performance, including the delectable "sense of space" via ambient energy and "ambiance" along with the "imaginging"?
I must be unclear about the term "soundstage" as it is being used here.
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