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In Reply to: RE: Three dimensional space posted by Analog Scott on November 28, 2016 at 19:20:59
I think it's pretty close to always.
I have quite a few recordings that work to the contrary.
And certainly many that exhibit extreme "precision" like a number of 60s recordings that exhibit ping-pong instrument and voice placement. For some reason, it seems poor Astrid Gilberto was frequently placed on one side of the room. :)
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But of course. But when we talk about some of the best sounding recordings of acoustic music we are pretty much always talking about recordings that exhibit very palpable imaging in a very well conveyed sound space. We can point to the different sections and get a sense of depth/distance and a sense of size of the instruments and a sense of space around them and a sense of the concert hall. Any recording of live music that fails to convey these qualities is generally deemed to be inferior recordings in terms of sound quality. Would you not agree?
I'll agree to most of what you've said, but not necessarily with "very palpable imaging".
Many of the recordings to which I refer are minimally miked Telarcs that provide a very realistic diffuse sounding nature when it comes to individual instrument localization.
Yes, the violins are to the left, heavy brass typically back right, but I can't tell you where the oboist is seated or how the violas are arranged.
What you descibe is indeed very "realistic" imaging. I prefer less realistic more palpable imaging and a nice thick palpable sense of hall space. Here is why. In a live concert we percieve imaging that is very palpable and pretty well defined because we can see the musicians. (generally) and those visual cues literally make our brains think we are hearing sound with more specificity of location than we are actually hearing. IMO the less accurate imaging of many audiophile favorites compensate for the lack of visual cues. And in effect seem more realistic to most listeners. Personally I don't care so much as to whether or not it's more accurate. I just like the sense of palpable presence that comes with that kind of imaging. Makes the music more visceral for me.
That sums it up nicely - to each his own!
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