Can a system sound too Holographic?


Hi friends :)

So I got a question for those interested. For me, having a 2 channel system with a Holographic soundstage is very desirable.

I bring this up because I had lent some Centerstage 2 footers ( isolation devices) to a friend to try out. To make a long story short, he likes what they are doing under his Lumin T3, however he mentioned that it might be "Too Holographic". I don't know about you guys and gals, but that wouldn't really be a problem for me. Your thoughts or experiences please. Anyone experience a soundstage that was too Holographic?

aniwolfe

Showing 1 response by fsonicsmith1

I have never heard of those footers and have to wonder if the post is a plug. I fail to see how footers under a streamer can create such a change to the extent of holography with no other changes to the system. 

But let's for the sake of argument accept the premise that it did. As much as I disdain the idea that there is an "absolute sound", I have never heard holography at a live show including live shows of acoustic jazz trios. With certain recordings I have experienced holographic imaging with my old standmounts. I think for example of Joe Henry's "Scar" and the first track "Richard Pryor Addresses a Tearful Nation". Properly set up, a decent system will create the sensation of holographic imaging with a recording that has that information successfully recorded and embedded into it. 

For those of you who equated the OP's question to "can you have too much money" and such, you are reacting with your brain, imho, and not from your heart and out of experience. In the real world it is not natural and would soon prove distracting. If it is the artist's and producer's intent, it can be enjoyable. If it is not, it becomes an unnatural parlor trick and distraction. 

I doubt very much that there is a system on Earth, without digital processing, that is holographic with all recordings. Without processing, it has to be embedded in the recording or it can not happen.