What does Holographic mean to you?

Maybe we should all plug our ears so Bob Carver will stop making us
hear what we hear. Damn that Bob!!! Okay, that was sarcasm. Doesn't matter who coined the term, "rain" -- when it falls on you, you get just as wet. Same with imaging. Further, I don't think Bob invented Holograms -- it was obviously a borrow. Just like most phrases used to describe what one hears. Few people know that *I* actually invented the phrase, "damn, this sounds GOOD!" So, anytime someone hears something that sounds good, it proves what enormous influence *I* have. Damn, if I had just patented that phrase....

Right Sean, I remember those goofy Carver ads from the early 80's. Cool Cubes and preamps with Sonic Holography, heheh. I tried kicking Princess Leia once, but my foot went right through her.

I recall a radio station in MI claiming to broadcast in Carver's Sonic Holography with much hype (1980 or 81 I think). They prefered late night broadcasts of Pink Floyd and Genesis, if I remember correctly. Never could figure out how they expected us to believe the holography was supposed to survive the broadcast.

Did any of you folks ever listen to / hear / experience a properly set up Carver "Sonic Holography" based system? Sean
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I still own a Carver C-11 preamp (with Sonic Holography, of course), although admittedly it's relegated to the basement system. I found that the Sonic Holography effect could, indeed, dramatically enhance the width and depth of the soundstage, but as you might expect, only in the prime listening position. Anything outside of this listening position actually sounded a good bit worse.

Tom.