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2 Channel System - Image behind my head

Anyone else hear this? I am listening to "Sympathy for the Devil" on the 40 licks compilation, and the paino on this track is from behind my right ear!!! It is so strongly localized behind me that it is unnerving.

Has anyone else experienced this from this or any other track?
rlips
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
Sounds like out of phase info., Isn't Amused to Death (Roger Waters) recorded in this way also?

Dave
rlips OP
105 posts
 
I figured it had to do with the phase, but how could that work? It is only in one channel? Out of absolute phase only? Or is there some of the image in the left channel? My speakers usually image a couple of feet outside their position, but this is different.
g_m_c
443 posts
 
the album may have been mastered out of phase, not an uncommon occurance.
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onhwy61
5,137 posts
 
Look at the album credits and see who mixed the sessions. Contact that person via e-mail and ask them about what you hear. It may take a few days for a response, but most engineers love talking about how they achieved specific effects.
stehno
1,453 posts
 
Definitely sounds like one channel is out of phase. But before you correct it, you might want to have a listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon just for a little fun.

-IMO
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