You are there vs. They are there


So what is the difference?  Do I have it right?

You are there: the vocal and soundstage starts at the plane of the speakers

                         and recess backward behind the speakers plane.

They are there: The soundstage is forward into the room with the vocal

                          reproduction in your room.

 

Which would you prefer?

andy2

@retiredaudioguy 

In some review I remember reading "a good system will being the performers to your room, a great system will take you there."

 

For the most part, there would be a recording booth. I doubt you want to be there. It’s almost like saying the taste of a good dish will take you to the kitchen. Most of the albums in our libraries are recorded in a studio not live. 

@mylogic 

If anything spatially changes a recording in any way…. the reproduction is flawed.

How would you know the recording is changed unless you were at the recording studio or the live venue. Also, there is a difference between adding things and restoring things that were actually lost. 

mylogic

If anything spatially changes a recording in any way…. the reproduction is flawed ...

Every recording is flawed, some more than others. They are all an illusion.

Seems like a lot of gobbledee gook to explain "depth of field". 

+1 @spenav 

Regards,

barts