Speaker Placement

In order to realise full stereo dynamics, it is necessary to position your speakers as if they were headphones--- one on the left & one on the right. Sitting at one tip of an equilateral triangle does not work.

Onhwy61---- the source is moi

Tpreaves-- I am not sure if I agree. All of our ears are designed alike.

Djohnson54-- I don't think u understand what I am getting at. I am not saying that one has to sit behind the speakers.

Rlwainwright-- I am referring to the angle of the spkrs--- not the distance.

Manitunc-- The nature of stereo IS two separate sounds. If u want to 'localise' them then listen to mono.

When a recording engineer produces a stereo mix, he is trying to produce a stereo mix. If he wants to simulate what a live audience hears then he would make a mono mix.

To be directly on axis, 160 to 170d is ideal as it is the approx angle of your ear.
The 'nature of hearing' is indeed two point as we have 2 separate ears. Listening is stereo is an attempt to make the most of this.

I prefer headphone like stereo dynamic w/o the headphones.

Abucktwoeighty-- For all practical purposes, all of our ears are indeed designed alike. Have u read up on S-Logic technology by Ultrasone hphones? They caution not to reverse( some like to hear Beatles 2 track records in reverse channels) the earpieces.

We all hear the same just as we all see or smell the same things. If Ham is grilling for breakfast it is going to smell like ham to all of us etc

I am not a fan of live music & one reason is because it IS NOT in stereo. It is basically as boring as mono music or listening in a car. MO is that these things are pretty much a waste of time.

If an engineer is trying to create the image of a live audience, it would seem to me as a waste of time as well to even bother making a stereo mix.