The Disappearing Act

I was recently visiting my son and he has a 3D gaming headset and games.  After much adjustment (old eyes) it was completely enthralling.  OMG a whole new world.  The downside is when you take the headset off your whole world collapses into the room you're standing in. Almost disappointing!

My rig does the same thing and given the size of all the equipment and speakers it is rather remarkable.  As a side note the electronics are in between the speakers so that sort of puts that "old saw" to rest.

To answer your question it happens all the time with well recorded material @baylinor .  

Particularly delightful on live jazz recordings.  Even DSTM does a great job of disappearing, sort of surprising due to the tons of electronic sounds going on.

Regards,

barts

OP this is a very good thread.Disappearing is hard to achieve on every recording.But I totally agree with you regarding the reason why disappearing act happens. 

Bigkiidz with all due respect to your knowledge on this hobby? My whole body will remind me the music is not entertaining when synergy is not good of my system. My thought is it will be hard to achieve disappearing act without synergy. I might be wrong. 

For “disappearing speakers,” Steinmusic Blue Diamonds are working well for me.  Since I placed them on top of MartinLogan Expression 13a speakers, all music sounds noticeably better.  How?  The sound is not limited by the height of the speaker; it actually seems to extend upward.  The width and depth of the sound is much enhanced, seemingly without boundaries.  Caution: these comments represent my experiences, with my equipment, in my room.  This product is so amazing, so different in its effect on sound, to my ears.  It can be auditioned risk-free.  Many thanks to Mike at TweekGeek for making this quantum leap possible.

All starts with recording engineers who understand microphones, positioning of players and their mics, room acoustics and a myriad of other contributory elements.

Each step contributes and the masters understand that.  Rudy Van Gelder studios had this dialed in.  Recordings several decades old hold their own today.

Bernie Grundman picked up and carried the torch.  I’ve blindly picked off his mastering work for decades.  I think he is the best currently.

Santana Abraxas Blu-Spec CD2 version first cut disappears.  Mickey Hart Däfos disappears.  Several Three Blind Mice recordings disappear.

It can never be live, but the facsimile of performance can be breathtaking when source is teamed with top reproduction equipment.  Good hunting.