Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion


Soundstaging in a recording—be it a live performance or studio event—and it’s reproduction in the home has been the topic of many a discussion both in the forums and in the audio press. Yet, is a recording’s soundstage and imaging of individual participants, whether musicians or vocalists, things that one can truly perceive or are they merely illusions that we all are imagining as some sort of delusion?

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Addendum to previous post on Soundstage 3 dimensions. Not only is the soundstage on mediocre systems not three dimension, the dimensions are not recreated as they were recorded. The soundstage evolution as one progressive improves the system, including speaker placement, room acoustics treatments, isolation, tweaks, what have you, the soundstage expanding sphere of all three dimensions should, ideally, approach 🔜 the room dimensions of the recording venue, including a more organized, less congealed and more detailed panorama of all the musicians. As signal to noise + distortion ratio is improved the soundstage height should go through the roof.
You guys have WAY too much time on your hands.

Maybe volunteer at a local children's hospital or homeless shelter?

Stereo live for sure.
You guys can back to sleep, now. An obvious case of snarkolepsy. Sleepwalking and still snarky. 😴
In my simple way of viewing of things, "imaging" is when a speaker disappears so that sound is non-directional and more akin to a soft focus. I find this more achievable by 2 way speakers than 3 ways.