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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?

https://www.stereophile.com/content/clowns-left-me-jokers-right

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rlb61
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@geoffkait ... I really don't think I missed the OP's point. Imaging is real based on the disappearance of the speaker, IMHO.
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whart
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@tostadosunidos - but if the performers are positioned front to back,  and the recording captures that, it should be reproduced. I can hear such placement and it is not the result of mixing left or right-
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dave_b
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Soundstaging implies a 3 dimensional representation of a musical event.  It can acoustically compensate for our inability to localize sound through a “stereo” via the eye-ear-brain connection.  The result is more satisfying because it helps orient our brains into making more sense of an auditory stimulus.
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michaelgreenaudio
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Hi tostadosunidos

Recordings are actually 360degrees. When you place the speakers in front of you that's what gives you the frontal stage. 2 speakers can easily give you the 360 sound, it's the room you're hearing keep in mind.


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rocknss
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Just skimmed so far.

Auditory distance perception in humans: a review of cues, development, neuronal bases, and effects of sensory loss

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744263/
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