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That is simply wrong

Posted by Analog Scott on November 26, 2016 at 23:45:58:
stereo recording and playback was never designed for "accurate reproduction of an original acoustic event." The inventors and developers of stereo recording and playback knew that from the get go. The three dimensional waveform of the playback of a stereo recording of a live acoustic event bares virtually no resemblence whatsoever of the orignal three dimensional waveform of the original acoustic event. How could it? Do you really think the waveform from two speakers in one's listening room is going to look anything remotely like the waveform of a 100 piece symphony orchestra in the concert hall? It's ridiculous. And if "accurate REPRODUCTION" is the goal then that is what it would have to look like. Again, short of holodeck Star Trek technology that is not only impossible but completely unreasonable. Stereo recording and playback is an aural illusion.It is NOT a literal recreation of an original acoustic event. Once audiophiles wrap their head around this fundamental fact of audio they can get over this tail chase of seeking "accuracy."