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Imaging question

Hey,
A friend gave me a copy of Big Country's LP "The Crossing". I'd heard "In a Big Country" on the radio many times but never the album. Anyhow, I dropped the needle on the first track - "In a Big Country" and was amazed at how narrow the soundstage was. Like, every instrument and vocal seemed to shmushed into a 4-foot wide corridor of sound, not even stretching out to where the speakers were.

What gives?It was just this album as I put on other LP's and they imaged wide and deep as usual. Is it a production artifact? Could it have been that pressing?
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erik_squires
16,057 posts
 
Not all great music has great sound stage.
 
I have one CD that is pretty much live but due to the recording equipment they had, 3 or 4 mics were recorded onto the same track.


So either I enjoy it for the music and atmosphere or I obsess over imaging.


I prefer the former.

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simao OP
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No obsession implied. I was curious from a technical point of view whether it was a production thingie or something from the pressing itself. The second song on that LP seemed to open up a bit.
reubent
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@simao - I listened to my copy of "The Crossing" today. The song - "In a Big Country" does sound like you described. For most of the track, most of the soundstage is located right in the middle. Only the drum hits seem to come from wider out in the soundstage. Sound like bad production to me. I don't think its a problem with the pressing.

BTW, I've always liked the music on this album, but I've never cared for the sound quality.
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