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listening to some cd's lately with my new 2 channel set up and i wonder if i don't have things dialed in or whether what i perceive as an imaging issue maybe is just the way the cd is mixed... here's what's going on.. eg, right now playing is the inner mounting flame, mahivishnu orchestra cd. i'm hearing drums that span the soundstage from right to left. eg, some drum is from near the right speaker, and some, like cymbal, is other side of left speaker. seems to me the ideal is when a drumset, or piano, or whatever, is no 'wider' appearing that the actual instrument. so, if it is appearing 'wider', am i likely not there in speaker setup? i've tried moving them, but i have some limitations. or are some cd's just laid out 'wrong'.gear: tyler acoustic linbrook monitors; classe CA-101 amp; integra surround receiver in direct/2 channel mode (no sub on); integra dvd player.
speakers about 2 ft from rear wall, left is about 3' from side wall, right is no wall off to dining room; room is about 12.5x19, other than the L-shape end that opens off the right speaker.. speakers aimed toward long end of room, if you get the picture..
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each individual instrument in real life seems like all the sound comes from just a small area or point with some location like left at 10 oclock and 12 feet away. Is this like you experience or even desire?
"Purist" recordings done with minimal mike setups may produce what you expect but it is pretty standard for recording engineers to use multiple mike's to capture the drum set and then play around with where each part of the drum kit comes from. You kind of get a drummer's perspective with the sound moving all around. Most recordings are like this.
You don't get a drummer's perspective, though - you get a "reverse drummer" persepctive. For whatever reason, the engineers invariably make the sound as broad as you hear when sitting behind the kit, but orient the presentation from in *front* of the kit. It's a stupid practice, since it wrecks the presentation from both points of view. Either keep it narrow and oriented from the audience, or make it wide and orient it like the player hears it. At least that way one perspective or the other is correct.
because i didn't think my setup could be that 'off'.. seems like a goal ought to be to provide the listener with a 'you are there' experience. meaning not a 9' wide piano or drum set. thx for the feedback bob. i have some friends in the music production business.. i'll talk to them about it too...
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