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In Reply to: RE: Interesting posted by kerr on May 30, 2007 at 13:02:43:
Kerr,
I knew you didn't think I was lying. I was refering to others who deny I play guitar or attend live symphonies at the Bob Carr etc. when I talk about my ability to judge sound quality.
I didn't do any of the actual EQ adjustments or measuring as it wasn't my equipment nor were these people actual friends in all 3 cases. Like you for me soundstaging and imaging are very critical pieces of attempting to replicate "live" sound. I also agree that most components get the basics pretty close with regards soundstaging and imaging. But it's the precisely these subtleties that makes the exceptional audio components stand out from the crowd. To get soundstaging beyond the R of the right speaker and the L of the left speaker as well as height & depth is not an easy task.
I agree that is where cables most deviate from one another. I also don't hear any gross or even very noticable FR anomalies in cables for the most part, although like you said, occasionally one pops up that seems to shine a spotlight on the treble or muddies up the mids.
If I could recreate the effect of great soundstaging with EQ (provided I didn't lose out in other areas like transparency) I'd be all over it too! But having seen it attempted 3X now I simply don't believe it's possiple. The effects DEFINITELY aren't FR issues. I believe when one amp in a particular system makes the singers sound further back (not quieter) and another amp in that same system makes the singers sound closer to the front (not louder) then one of those 2 amps is replicating the sonic effects of the music as recorded by the audio engineer more accurately than the other is, period. The rub lies in attempting discover which of the two amps is being more faithful to the music as recorded by the engineer in this case. In the long run I suppose we'll never know which amp is actually more accurate in this case, so for me all else being equal I'll go with the deeper, wider soundstage!
Thetubeguy1954
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