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RE: Why i think soundstage rendering is very important.

It won't be a surprise if I mention dCS converters. Even in their earliest days their ability to render depth was remarked upon. Try to see the original Hi Fi News review of the dCS Elgar back in what, 1999? The reviewer said something to the effect that the first thing he noticed and which impressed him was the (aural) disappearnece of his front wall.

Of course DAC design in general has come a long way in the intervening years and I daresay there are now numerous DACS at far less cost that have comparable ability.

I would remark, however, that many people compromise any ability to reproduce a 3D soundstage by piling up their equipment in between the speakers. This produces two deliterous effects on the soundstage. One is caused by relection/diffraction, the other is of a psychoacoustic reason. As brains favour visual over audio stimulii one will tend to "hear" the sound as coming more from the pile of equipment rather than from within an illusion of depth.

NB: Good test disc. Also get to hear the Chesky ones. The first has the best set up test that I have heard for stereo positioning.



Edits: 03/04/15

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