On 10/4/07 6:15 PM, "Pat Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > opaqueice wrote: >> Have you ever listened to a binaural recording over headphones? You'll >> find yourself looking over your shoulder for the person you heard >> walking behind you. The illusion is far, far beyond anything I've ever >> heard with speakers. >> >> However there seem to be very few such recordings, for reasons I've >> never understood. Maybe it's because wearing headphones for an >> extended period is annoying and uncomfortable... > > They are very interesting. They are rare because they sound great with > headphones, but not so good elsewhere. In the olden days of last > century, most music was heard on car radios. > > The binaural recordings are not that hard to make, but you can't do the > usual 'fix it in the mix' stuff, you have to have real musicians. Plus > the record stores would have to carry two versions of each CD, and at > least half the time, they'd sell the wrong one.
Here's a contradiction to the assertions that you need 'real' (OK, at least 'alive') musicians and that you can't 'fix it in the mix'! http://zenph.com/sept25.html (New digitally posthumously 're-performed' stereo recordings of Glenn Gould's 1955 performance of the Goldberg Variations - optionally available as a binaural recording from Gould's position at the keyboard!) _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
