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The Disappearing Act

Nope, I am not talking about some magic trick!  

I often read here and other forums, when someone describing sound of their system….the music flows and speakers simply disappears. Also read similar acclamation for an amp, preamp or DAC. 

Would you agree when someone experience this phenomenon, you’re left with nothing but the music in its purest form. I would say, it’s a testament to the synergy of your components, room acoustics and meticulous setup. 

I would like to know, were you listening to something particularly special when ‘disappearing act’ happens, or is it a consistent experience across the tracks?

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bigkidz
3,387 posts
 

IMO and experience that sound quality is from the components and nothing to do with system synergy or anything else.  Either your gear can produce that or they cannot.

 

Happy Listening.

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eagledriver_22
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In my case, it is speaker placement (aka room acoustics). And only so. Whether it is a low budget (active) pair of loudspeaker or a more expensive one: Only when I considered all aspects of the influence of a room, I could make the ’disapearing act’ become reality. The recording itself does not seem to have a (big) influence. Up to now, it ’happens’ with every tune since I did the speaker placement correctly.

After meticulous work with loudspeaker placement and the room(s). Funny thing, I did not have to spend (or invest) 1 cent into room correction.

Unfortunately, it took me too long to understand the importance of the room. Because I did not pay enough attention to this fact. Tutorials by Dennis Foley from Acoustic Fields helped me to get it right.

pwerahera
122 posts
 

Disappearing Act refers to the speakers. It is the listener's inability to localize the speakers when music is being played. Usually humans should be able to figure out exact location of the sound source for frequencies above 120 Hz or so. Certain speakers have to ability to recreate the sound stage without drawing attention to itself. That is what you refer to as "Disappearing Act," or your inability to localize the speakers.

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