Proof of improvements in audio system sound quality....
i was at a audio store yesterday with my wife. she was very unhappy to be there...
but i told her to stay because of course we are in love. she said she would help me with choosing a audio system on valentines day. but she did not keep her promise.
we had to leave the store early since she had to cook dinner.
so why am i telling you guys this?
its all because i got real expert opinions from a sales person at that audio store.
it was about my last topic ---- tweaks with audio systems
i believe for some time, i have believed that @mahgister was getting great sound quality.
sure it looks messy, but never judge a book by the cover.... right?
so i asked the sales person about it and he said that the sound quality would be very bad...also he explained the copper tape blocks and other stuff would be bad for music and reduce the clarity of the sound. the sales guy said that @mahgister was crazy. actually i think i get premium sound quality with my earbuds and smartphone...so why build a system anyway?? i think the sales guy at the store is right.
so what do you guys think is right?? i am lost for words and in complete confusion of my of state in my mind at the moment. i need someone to help explain how to make a less expensive system sound better, truthfully. with no lies at all.
- viper
Showing 3 responses by clearthinker
Possibly you do not understand the the spatial effects of listening on headphones. When you listen on speakers both of your ears hear both channels. Your right ear hears a lot of the right channel and a bit of the left, and vice versa. So, assuming the musical event was recorded with the classic two microphone positionings, you will hear something that approximates to that event. If you listen on headphones where the right channel goes into the right ear and the left channel into the left and there is no mixing in your pre-amp or 'dummy head' processing, you will still hear stereo but the channel separation will not be the width of your head, rather it will approximate to infinity since each ear hears only one channel. Of course, this gives an entirely different spatial presentation. One that I have enjoyed but is not classical stereo. |
@waytoomuchstuff Thank you. I did not pick up on your humour. There's so much pseudo-science on here that I took your post as reasoned analysis. Sorry. |