@murphythecat -
So many keystrokes and still no explanation, as to how your microphone, with your mentioned Pink and White Noise, detects/measures accurate sound staging and image placement.
Sabine reflections can/will be measured in any room (treated or not), with the right equipment (which VERY view audio buffs will possess), but- still reveal nothing, regarding imaging or sound stage info recovery. They can only help one ASSUME: everything is groovy!
Regarding knowing whether the reproduced sound stage and image placement is accurate or not, using recorded music:
Just my opinion but: I don't see, outside of having experienced a performance in person, from the position of the mics (in the case of image placement, height/depth of platform, etc), and/or- having an intimate knowledge of the acoustic environment itself (if the metric is also accurate reproduction of a sound space), a listener could make an accurate assessment, as to whether their reproduction is correct or not.
ESPECIALLY: when so much depends on the way the people at the mixing and recording consoles decided to pan the feeds and tracks.
OR: is the goal, simply to delight the listener's ears*, with the results?
Nothing wrong with that, of course; as that's all that matters/counts, to the vast majority of music lovers.
*It's All about: HAPPY LISTENING!
So many keystrokes and still no explanation, as to how your microphone, with your mentioned Pink and White Noise, detects/measures accurate sound staging and image placement.
Sabine reflections can/will be measured in any room (treated or not), with the right equipment (which VERY view audio buffs will possess), but- still reveal nothing, regarding imaging or sound stage info recovery. They can only help one ASSUME: everything is groovy!
Regarding knowing whether the reproduced sound stage and image placement is accurate or not, using recorded music:
Just my opinion but: I don't see, outside of having experienced a performance in person, from the position of the mics (in the case of image placement, height/depth of platform, etc), and/or- having an intimate knowledge of the acoustic environment itself (if the metric is also accurate reproduction of a sound space), a listener could make an accurate assessment, as to whether their reproduction is correct or not.
ESPECIALLY: when so much depends on the way the people at the mixing and recording consoles decided to pan the feeds and tracks.
OR: is the goal, simply to delight the listener's ears*, with the results?
Nothing wrong with that, of course; as that's all that matters/counts, to the vast majority of music lovers.
*It's All about: HAPPY LISTENING!