As I listen my soundstage is 22’ wide. Speakers are 6’ apart. 50% of that 22’ wide soundstage is to the left of my left speaker. It sounds lovely. My own little Village Vanguard. I am grateful.
Why don't more recordings have soundstage outside of speakers
I always enjoy it when the recording has mixing that the instruments are well outside of the speakers. I think it's really cool and what justifying spending extra dollars for the sound. I just wish more recordings would do that. Most of them would just have the sound from in between the speakers.
What are some of your favorite recordings that have an enveloping soundstage well outside of the speakers?
What are some of your favorite recordings that have an enveloping soundstage well outside of the speakers?
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MC. Agree totally your comments on vibration and resonance control - my system set up is similar. Footers and hft's. Plus diffusion planels at reflection points and resonators, Schumann type, but most of them actually tuned to the room. Interestingly, I found that there is another level of improvement above well thought out springs. Critical mass systems new footers. They work on completely different principles from earlier isolation devices. For both speakers and electronics. Expensive but effective. Hugely so. Just saying...... |
I think I'll just react to the OP's last sentence instead of joining any debate. I think that is what he had in mind. Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates and Other Side of Desire are both outstanding. Tim Buckley - Happy Sad (but it's so old it may be hard to find. I only know about the 1969 LP) Peter Gabriel - So, especially Red Rain. I have actually turned over my left shoulder a few times because I thought I heard something behind me! I Have noted a few others in my collection with remarkable staging, but the ones above are those I've noted for surprising me with an "out of speaker" experience. Thanks to those who shared their favorites. I will follow this thread to see if others do. Thanks @andy2 for starting the thread. I hope we get some good suggestions that we can actually buy. |
There is a song called “Thinking Is The Best Way to Travel” on the LP “In Search of The Lost Chord” by the Moody Blues. I think it’s from 1967. https://youtu.be/ZoYbGPO_KKs It has an effect where the sound goes in circles, around the room, behind your head, completely outside of the plane between the speakers. I think it’s up to the engineer to get things like that into the grooves, but you need the audio system quality that can reveal it. |
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