How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?


I’m wondering how many A’goners consider a holographic image a must for them to enjoy their systems?  Also, how many achieve this effect on a majority of recordings?
Is good soundstaging enough, or must a three dimensional image be attained in all cases.  Indeed, is it possible to always achieve it?

rvpiano
I heard through the grapevine the Mercury Living Presence CDs are in Reverse Polarity as well, maybe the records, too. Everything is relative. Very good records that are in Reverse Polarity still sound pretty darn good and have good holography. You don’t know what you’re missing until you hear them in Correct Polarity. Maybe someone can try reversing speaker connections to see if Mercury’s, Proprius, Opus 3 are actually in Reverse Polarity. Unless, of course, the system is in Reverse Polarity, as someone just suggested, which would make them all in correct Polarity. 😳 The In Phase track on test CDs and LPs such as XLO Test CD is in fact in correct Polarity.
The thing about those early recordings that no one mentions is that they were recorded WITHOUT Dolby. They also used tubes, not transistors.
I believe the implementation of Dolby was a definite factor in the deterioration of sound from the mid sixties on.  
Most of us realize the "relativity" of all the elements being discussed.
I got exactly the opposite impression after following some of the threads.

Oregon, I saw this on "youtube" and I thought I would post it. I always buy records new, hate any kind of scratches; I will find his music on amazon; thank you.


        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2NUQm3CzuA


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