[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-04 Thread P Floding
For enveloping sound effects coming out of only two speakers you could try (text pasted from the SlimServer page): 6. Speedway (Theme From Fastlane) from Music For The Jilted Generation by Prodigy Caveat: Since I don't listen in an anechoic room I can't say for sure that the effects will remain

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-03 Thread tyler_durden
I have a DFI Lan Party nF4 Ultra D mother board that uses something called a Karajan audio module. It has a Realtek ALC850 chip set. Looking here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1PFid=31Level=5Conn=4ProdID=59 indicates that it does indeed run at 48 ksps. Further

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-03 Thread Wombat
Regarding soundstage width i was talking about a sample that has something special in another thread. I uploaded a 14sec. sample here. http://rapidshare.com/files/10059048/06.__T_aint_No_Sin_-_Sample.zip.html It should be enough to judge it and should be on the total legal side to offer. --

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-02 Thread Skunk
There is a little trick for identifying early reflection points using a mirror. If the mirror is between the listening seat and the speakers on the wall/floor/ceiling, and you can see the speaker in the mirror while in the seat, that is an early reflection point and a place you should put

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-02 Thread inguz
The Ambiophonics site has some apps filters you can play with to create a very wide soundstage. If you like moving speakers and experimenting, it's well worth a try. (http://ambiophonics.org/Ambiofiles.htm) -- inguz

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-02 Thread tyler_durden
I've got the loop-through on my sound card working. I play a .flac file in foobar, send it through the C9, then record the result with Audacity. I export the result as a .wav file then run flac to compress it. I play back using my SB3 and it doesn't sound right. I think there is some problem

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-02 Thread Pat Farrell
tyler_durden wrote: I've got the loop-through on my sound card working. I play a .flac file in foobar, send it through the C9, then record the result with Audacity. I export the result as a .wav file then run flac to compress it. I play back using my SB3 and it doesn't sound right. I think

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-01 Thread tyler_durden
The effect of using a speaker cross-talk canceller is critically dependent on room reflections, and the way the audio is recorded/mixed, but so is normal stereo listening. That is why speakers and the room make up 9X% of the sound you get from your stereo, and the source, amp, and cables make up

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-01 Thread NewBuyer
tyler_durden;166390 Wrote: ...If people are interested I can record a few songs looped through my C-9, switching it on and off and post it to a web page for DL so you can play it back and try it out. It will have to be digitized by my sound card which isn't top of the line, but you'll still

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-01 Thread tyler_durden
NewBuyer;166426 Wrote: Tyler this is really interesting stuff. The thing I believe that keeps most people from trying the absorbers idea, is a complete lack of knowledge of what they are, what product specifically to buy, where to place them, etc (speaking only from my own experience here).

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2007-01-01 Thread NewBuyer
Thank you Tyler! This is great information, I will try it all, and I really appreciate it. P.S. Happy New Year! -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-31 Thread lafayette
This is all interesting. However, the picture I'm getting here is that these kinds of recordings are the exception, not the rule. Moreover, it has to do with a perceptual trick and not the actual physics of how point source sound waves hit your ears. Still, I was unaware of these recording

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-31 Thread snarlydwarf
lafayette;166146 Wrote: This is all interesting. However, the picture I'm getting here is that these kinds of recordings are the exception, not the rule. Moreover, it has to do with a perceptual trick and not the actual physics of how point source sound waves hit your ears. But Stereo

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-31 Thread Pat Farrell
lafayette wrote: This is all interesting. However, the picture I'm getting here is that these kinds of recordings are the exception, not the rule. Moreover, it has to do with a perceptual trick and not the actual physics of how point source sound waves hit your ears. Snarly beat me to it,

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-31 Thread geraint smith
lafayette;166146 Wrote: ..in my experience, and from what i have learned, the rule and not the exception is that good stereo imaging pretty much happens between the speakers. The stuff you beyond that is artifice (as above) or reflection. But (to augment SnarlyDwarf's and Pat

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-31 Thread The Smokester
lafayette, This phenomena requires the preservation of phase coherence. You are quite right that the reflections coming from objects in and walls of the room will diminish or destroy the regular stereo, as well as this interesting phase, effect. Air's Carmel Prisoner on the album 10,000 Hz

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Anderson
Pat Farrell;165528 Wrote: Pot, hemp, weed, MJ, Acapulco Gold, etc. OH. You mean... (looks around furtively)... -Mary Jane!- -- Mike Anderson 'FREE RADICAL RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd) Hours of free radical MP3s.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-29 Thread Phil Leigh
Behringer made a 1U rack box called the Edison that let you manipulate width and depth - it was fun...with practice you could whirl a track (within a mix) around the listener -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-29 Thread tyler_durden
Here's some good stuff on 3D sound fields. There is some good stuff on loudspeaker crosstalk cancellation. http://www.jvrb.org/3.2006/589 TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-28 Thread JJZolx
grasshead? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31050 ___

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-28 Thread snarlydwarf
pothead, i think he means Though for fun stereo abuse, The Residents' High Horses (a simulation of taking LSD in Golden Gate Park by the Carousel) takes the cake. Though it isnt technically correct: they were trying to get the sound of going -around- the carousel mechanism, but it is more

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-28 Thread snarlydwarf
JJZolx;165525 Wrote: Too funny. I wasnt kidding. :P http://residents.com/C1016472556/E20061214071458/index.html http://residents.com/bh/HIGHH.htm -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-28 Thread Pat Farrell
JJZolx wrote: grasshead? Pot, hemp, weed, MJ, Acapulco Gold, etc. Not that I'd know anything about that kinda stuff. -- Pat Farrell PRC recording studio http://www.pfarrell.com/PRC ___ audiophiles mailing list

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: sound stage width

2006-12-28 Thread tyler_durden
I think Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason is recorded in Q sound. You can get a similar effect from nearly any stereo source by using a speaker cross-talk canceller such as the Carver C-9 sonic hologram generator, or any of a number of similar devices that you can build yourself with a