Speakers "Disappearing"


I have read a lot about speakers "disappearing" so that one can't tell from where the sound is emanating. But, what about all the stereo tunes where the recordiing engineer intentionally pans the music to come from one side or the other? Can the speakers be made to "disappear" in that situation? Or, is it just the nature of the particular recording?
rlb61
I usually paint my speakers with the stealth paint that I got from a friend who used to work at McDonnell Douglas aircraft.
Works really well.

Kenny.
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Whether or not ones eyes are opened or closed during the listening session also plays a role as to how well the speakers disappear.
I could never get my speakers to image properly. No matter what I did. That includes many different audio equipment or different speakers large or small. Until I got into OBs (open baffle speakers) Now the speakers completelydisappear. The only drawback is that in order to get proper bass, you will need large speakers. Good for an audio room, but not so great for a living room I'm afraid.
some of the older hard stereo crap will never disappear, vocals to the left, guitars to the right...always from the speakers.