Soundstage and image height, does it exist?


On another site, there is a discussion on soundstage, and there are a few people clamming, that, since there is no vertical information encoded on stereo recordings, that soundstage height does not actually exist. It is a product of our minds filling in missing information. 

Are they correct?

Please explain your position, with as much technical details as you feel needed.

 

simonmoon

Showing 1 response by deep_333

You have not heard soundstage height, depth, expansiveness, envelopement, etc until you heard something like a 5.4.4 or higher 360 reality, atmos, etc rig, i.e., a minimum of 5 bed layer speakers,  4 height speakers and subs. There are specific directivity requirements for a height speaker and so on.

But, the seers with their 2 channels have everything figured out about height, depth, nuance,  positioning in space, etc, I bet...Ah... the never ending miracle of those 2 lousy channels...