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In Reply to: RE: Soundstage is one of the most subjective of attributes posted by Feanor on February 21, 2024 at 04:15:16
I am really trying to wrap my head around how you can say that soundstage is "fake" and due to distortions.
Are you honestly saying that no recordings should have the perception of depth? Do you not think that it is possible to capture and recreate the acoustic space in which an instrument is recorded?
So, if a DAC shows a consistent lack of depth or all types of recordings it is accurate if it has perfect conventional measurements and all other less technically "perfect" DACs are manufacturing soundstage??
I am sure a lot of purist classical record companies will be very disappointed to know that they failed to properly capture the acoustic space of their performances.
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What we are hearing isn't our imagination but is caused by ultimately measurable quality of the component to which we attribute the effect.
Dmitri Shostakovich
So, now soundstage is an artifact? You can't be serious, Feanor. The whole point of stereo recording is to create a soundstage.
Stereo is the reason for 2 channel. I got better soundstage by moving my speaker a bit further apart, closer to a 60 degree angle with respect to my listening position; (I was earlier constrained to narrower angle due to placement constrains that I overcame).
Are you suggesting, then, that soundstage difference as between individual individual components is merely a matter of channel separation? Amir doesn't mention channel separation measurements, so who knows eh ?
Dmitri Shostakovich
not exactly sure about individual components but this product does everything it says and allows you to adjust the soundstage. It talks about adjusting the phasing:
"The circuit can move phasing to a narrow field and make two speakers image as one like a center channel. Conversely, the circuit can widen the phasing and expand the sound field which removes the confinement of the walls of a room without losing the center image. Allowing the listener the ability to focus or widen the soundstage. The results are increased three-dimensional images and an expansive soundstage that can expand beyond the walls of the room."
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By twisting the dial you could either combine Left and Right to reduce channel separation, (which they suggested for headphone listening); OR it could suppress "center", i.e. L+R combined signal to emphasis the two channels separately, (like say for Karaoke).
The control was continuous from one extreme to the other. See the third knob from the right, 'Mode Stereo'.
Dmitri Shostakovich
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