Holographic imaging

"Not that "holographic" necessarily equates to truth either, but I can't see how "flat" could be closer to the real truth either."

Actually I can think of a way. That would be assuming "flat" refers to a projection of the original 3-D sound onto a flat plane, much as portions of the real earth are projected onto paper maps.

In this case, realize that projected representations of 3-d objects onto a map are inherently and by design distorted reproductions of the real thing.

Tvad,

You missed the point entirely. If you read my post again you will see that it is not where you sit - the Doppler only occurs during the relocation process. IOW when you travel from the front of the hall to the back (walking). Once you sit down - your going to hear the same pitch as the guy in the first row but delayed by X distance.

You would agree that the act of moving away from a sound source makes the frequency/pitch appear lower?

Roger

By the way, I agree with Tvad.

As long you like what you hear, it really doesn't matter what other people think is best.

If you think flat is more real, then more power to you.

Personally, I'd rather deceive myself into thinking I can do better since I've been given an additional dimension to play with, but then again I also like Pro Wrestling.

"You would agree that the act of moving away from a sound source makes the frequency/pitch appear lower?"

No doubt.

I need to think about the volume knob analogy some more though since that would seem more relevant. I'm thinking Roger paul is right on this one though....

We may be entering the Twilight Zone....where's Rod Serling?