pfarrell Wrote: > > > I believe it is very clear cut, put the speakers and chair > away from the wall. But if you try it and don't like it, > I'd love to hear about your hearing experiences. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
Well, I've been playing with this using my large floor-standers (B&W CM4's). The largest room in my apartment is about big enough to satisfy Pat's criteria, and I have to say (despite some intial skepticism) - it works. I never really understood what people meant talking about "soundstage" until I tried this - if I move the speakers out five feet from the wall, the music appears to come from between and, oddly, a bit *behind* them. Furthermore (at least on some recordings) there is a clear separation in space (left to right, and even forward and back) between different instruments, and yet none sound like they are originating from either of the speakers. I keep having the strange sensation that there should be something there to make the sound, since the speakers are not in the right place to be producing what I'm hearing... I played around a bit with moving the speakers, and there's no question that moving them back against the wall largely destroys this effect. Putting them close to the wall gave a much fuzzier perception of where the sound originates - it seems vaguely somewhere between the speakers, but no longer behind them, and the feeling that "there should be something there to make the sound" goes away. Lots of fun, and my girlfriend was impressed as well and had the same sensation (although at first she thought I was crazy), so I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating! Given that this effect is so powerful with only two (properly arranged) speakers, it makes you wonder what could be done with more... -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
