Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It


100% of music listeners prefer live music to recorded playback, why? A live performance "immerses" you and frees you up to move around the room, the dance floor and still be immersed. The goal posts have moved away from two speakers to an array of speakers all around as well as above you to reproduce the illusion of a LIVE performance. Why, in 2023, would anyone voluntarily use only two speakers to recreate this illusion of a live performance in a large room?

Even the artists themselves are using immersive audio in concert to WOW their audience, why not do it at home:

https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/venues/on-the-cover-las-vegas-takes-immersive-live-part-1

 

kota1

Everyone needs some “new & different” to sell more equipment & more music sources ( this is often for convenience). I get it, it’s called business.. The really good turntables & R2R decks, virtually 100 year old technology, are still thee best, most natural sources for recorded music but can get pricey. I really do enjoy my Innuos server & it’s so fun dialing up virtually anything I want on Qobuz. Fantastic technology! I’m not stuck in my old ways but also not on highly processed, multi channel sound for home music listening. 

@jonwolfpell

I really do enjoy my Innuos server & it’s so fun dialing up virtually anything I want on Qobuz. Fantastic technology!

+1, agreed,

I’m not stuck in my old ways but also not on highly processed, multi channel sound for home music listening. 

But ALL studio recordings are HIGHLY processed:

https://www.avid.com/pro-tools

Would you like sauce with that? It is a question of WHAT type of processing you prefer, please see:

https://youtu.be/lWiUP1Qz8x8

 

 

... ALL studio recordings are HIGHLY processed ...

Nonsense. In fact, some of the best recordings available are only minimally processed.