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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cd318 - I have the software version of Dr. Choueri's BAACH and that certainly helps in locating the source in the soundstage. I've been intrigued with this concept and have used a Carver Sonic Hologram for many years before the BAACH technology.

Absolutely. But, like in the real world it's defined by the environment around the source and the volume (relative to other sounds) of the source. So, those are the parameters that must be in the original recording or at least engineered to sound that way.