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Madonna's soundstage

I hadn't listed to her Immaculate Collection in a while.  I have changed some components since the last time and was blown away at the soundstage of this album!  I normally get a decent appreciation for my system's soundstage.  My system is in a large asymmetrical space and I am unsure if I can ever achieve what can be in a dedicated listening room.  When I played this album today there were sounds coming from 5 feet beyond the speakers and my listening triangle is only 9 feet!  It was on multiple songs and was so cool!  I was curious if this album is a standout for others as well. 

dhite71
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mapman
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IT was recorded using some special processing in its day that gives it that sound.   A few others back then as well.

 

"It is the first album ever to use the audio technology QSound."

 

dhite71 OP
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Thanks, mapman....very interesting.  I was not aware of this processing.  It is impressive how the vocals and most instruments stay true to a soundstage with those added '3D' components.  I will have to take a closer listen to the others on the list

big_greg
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Amused to Death uses it to a pretty cool effect.  The first song has a dog barking and if your system / room is up to it, it will sound like the dog is off to your right and behind you.  The first time I heard that, I was like "what the...?"

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larsman
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Indeed - Roger Waters has always been into sounds, voices, etc coming from all different places, both on records and in concert....

dhite71 OP
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for clarification, I only copied and pasted the list of albums shown in Wikipedia.  As I looked back again it said above this list that there were over 60 released and that short list were the notable ones.  You can see the full list here

https://www.qsound.com/spotlight/users/recording-artists4.htm

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