In Reply to: Two channel stereo sounds best when the left ear to left speaker distance equals the right ear to right speaker distance posted by Richard BassNut Greene on March 16, 2007 at 14:31:08:
Richard BN Greene, 4-16-2007 (to Duke): "Two channel stereo sounds best when the left ear to left speaker distance equals the right ear to right speaker distance. You seem to be a rare two-channel audiophile who doesn't agree. That would make you WRONG with a capital W."Duke, 4-15-2007: "Bob Rex noted that there is often a row of "sweet spots" along the centerline of the room were the speakers & listener form an isosocles triange. This has been my experience as well, and I've noticed that my chosen "sweet spot" is usually farther back along this centerline than that which most people would choose."
Argue against what I said, not what I didn't say.
You persist in making "straw man" arguments. This is a common internet tactic wherein a person attributes an extreme and/or ridiculous statement to his opponent, and then argues against that statement. It usually works well, unless the opponent calls him on it and points out that at best his argument is based on a fallacy, and at worst (if he realizes what he's doing) he is being dishonest.
This is the last time I give you the benefit of the doubt on this subject. Here, click on the link below and read up on the "straw man" fallacy. Learn to recognize it in yourself and in others.
Regarding your other statement, I often suggest listening from another room as a quick and effective way to evalutate the power response, or reverberant field response, of a loudspeaker system. This also is good for evaluating system dynamic contrast. It is not the only listening test I advocate. No point in doing this test unless the speaker sounds good from the sweet spot, but suppose you have several speakers that sound good from the sweet spot. Listening from another room will give you additional useful information that can help predict which speaker is the least likely to become fatiguing long-term. You don't alway have the hours necessary to find out at what point listening fatigue sets in. Also, in case you missed the poll, many people do care very much about how their speakers sound from outside the traditional sweet spot.
Once again, you misrepresented my position by making it sound like listening from another room is the only way I judge sound quality. It is one of several tests I use.
Please stick to arguing against what my position really is. And if you don't know what my position really is, just ask me.
Thanks,
Duke
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Follow Ups
- Richard, stop putting words in my mouth. - Duke 15:38:27 03/16/07 (7)
- I just wrote you judged speakers from the next room to give you a hard time in "how important is the sweet spot" issue - Richard BassNut Greene 07:45:27 03/17/07 (6)
- I do the same...... - John Ashman 08:18:50 03/17/07 (5)
- I suspected that, given your comments on the little NHTs - Duke 19:16:12 03/19/07 (0)
- Judging speaker sound quality from another room makes as much sense as weighing them & buying the heaviest speakers! - Richard BassNut Greene 10:52:44 03/18/07 (3)
- Not really a good analogy - Duke 18:45:20 03/19/07 (0)
- I don't think you're understanding... - John Ashman 18:28:35 03/18/07 (1)
- You say it's a music lover's trick -- sounds more like a stupid pet trick to me - Richard BassNut Greene 07:47:24 03/23/07 (0)