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Is soundstage DEPTH a myth?

Ok, help me out fellas. Is it a myth or what?

I’m a good listener, I listen deep into the music, and I feel like I have good ears. But I can’t confirm that I can hear soundstage depth. I can hear 1 instrument is louder, but this doesn’t help me to tell if something is more forward or more behind. Even in real life and 2 people are talking, I can’t honestly say I know which one is in front.

The one behind will sound less loud, but is that all there is to soundstage depth? I think the answer I’m looking for has to do with something I read recently. Something about depth exist only in the center in most system, the good systems has depth all around the soundstage.

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@ czarivey - You are correct, it all begins with the quality of the original recording!

After a wonderful recording has been made then you have all the following issues that smear the image so you cannot perceive depth:

  1. Nonlinearity and analog and digital converters
  2. Phase shifting in crossovers
  3. Distortion in amplifiers
  4. Distortion due to limit physical limitations of speaker cones
  5. Most of all the effects of your room

A way to fix this is using Dirac live. Dirac Live room correction software applies state-of-the-art, patented technology to analyze and digitally reduce room impact and enhance speaker performance, and optimizes the sound with respect to frequency and time. Dirac Live delivers a larger sweet spot, accurate staging, clarity, voice intelligibility and a deeper, tighter bass.

 

 

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