I love a well engineered soundstage .i find oldest stereo recordings are way out of wack. Everything is just left or right . Mostly to exaggerate the stereo effect and the new hype of it . No actual sound stage. Systems do not sound worthy if the soundstage is lacking. Most details that we obsess over , lead to it .
Is soundstaging emblematic of reality?
Now that finally I have a system that soundstages excellently, I’m wondering if it’s actually a vital component of a real concert experience. In most genres of music, unless you’re sitting very close to the action, you don’t get the kind of precise imaging revealed in a good stereo setup. That’s because microphones are usually (with some rare exceptions) placed close up. If you’re sitting in the middle to back section of an audience (which most people do) you certainly don’t hear anything close to holographic imaging, or even what most people accept as satisfactory imaging.
Granted, it’s loads of fun to hear this soundstaging. And I certainly love it. Some people might consider it the ideal music experience. But is it an essential component of musical enjoyment?
Granted, it’s loads of fun to hear this soundstaging. And I certainly love it. Some people might consider it the ideal music experience. But is it an essential component of musical enjoyment?