bryoncunningham
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| "They are here" vs. "You are there" One more thing about binaural recordings While binaural recordings, literally speaking, are bidirectional, they nevertheless RECREATE the same information that results from the OMNIDIRECTIONAL arrival of ambient cues. That is precisely the point I... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Your last post, while of course highly thoughtful, I would have to very respectfully say strikes me as being essentially a set of hypotheses, which are subject to challenge and skepticism in several ways Al You are absolutely correct. Nearly ev... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" I think you are correct when you say that "ambient cues" in the recording will always combine somewhat with those in a listening room. However, after reading your post and thinking about it, I still think that the equipment, specifically the speak... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Where I would differ with you would be on the subject of the listening room being much of a factor at all in picking up what you are calling "ambient cues" in the recording. The listening room is of course a big factor in the sound of a system as ... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" I also agree with those near the beginning of the thread (I think Newbee was one) who stated that the recording itself is the very biggest factor in creating a "you are there" experience - a far bigger factor than these other factors under discus... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Cbw I have reread your posts in an effort to construct an argument that expresses your objection. Here is my best guess (Cbw-1) Increasing some colorations, like brightness, increases the audibility of ambient cues in the recording.(Cbw-2) Incre... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" I say that because of the different time scales that are involved. Given that sound propagates through air at roughly one foot per millisecond, the arrival times at the listener's ears of wavefronts that are launched from non-aligned speaker drive... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Hi Learsfool. Your initial comments about the role of mixing are well taken. Onhwy61 brought up something similar when he pointed out that many recordings have no real ambient cues, but only "synthetic" ambient cues added during mixing. Al and I b... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" You kind of make my point while simultaneously avoid addressing it.I must confess, I do not get your point. What is it? | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Al wrote: a very key factor seems to me to be what might be referred to as resolution in the time domain.I completely agree with this. Though I failed to mention it, the same thing occurred to me during my discussion with Cbw about FREQUENCY respo... | |
| Speaker power handling I would add only that if you hear a loud banging/clanking sound on big bass passages at high volume, the voice coil is banging against the magnet, you are going too far, and need to back off immediately.I have had this experience with too much pow... | |
| Audyssey powered components Marty - My setup for music is close to what you describe. I use a Meridian G68, and I have been very happy with it. To me, two of the most important considerations for choosing a processor would be:1. How does the crossover sound (assuming you are... | |
| ss multi-ch. amps vs multi seperate amps any adv. Do the Parasound A51's or A21's run hot???Yes, they do. They are class A for the first few watts, so it goes with the territory. But I wouldn't let that scare me off, if I were you, unless you truly have no way of providing adequate ventilation. | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" Some colorations may enhance the cues. Excessive brightness comes to mind. You get lots of detail in bright systems -- to the point that the ambience cues will practically jump out of the speakers and punch you in the head -- but such systems are... | |
| "They are here" vs. "You are there" In situations where the ambience cues are subtle or absent, having room reinforcement would likely be beneficial. But in cases where the cues are already strong, reinforcement could become excessive.Cbw This is a good point. To the extent that ... |