@tostadosunidos - but if the performers are positioned front to back, and the recording captures that, it should be reproduced. I can hear such placement and it is not the result of mixing left or right-
Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion
Soundstaging in a recording—be it a live performance or studio event—and it’s reproduction in the home has been the topic of many a discussion both in the forums and in the audio press. Yet, is a recording’s soundstage and imaging of individual participants, whether musicians or vocalists, things that one can truly perceive or are they merely illusions that we all are imagining as some sort of delusion?
https://www.stereophile.com/content/clowns-left-me-jokers-right
https://www.stereophile.com/content/clowns-left-me-jokers-right
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Soundstaging implies a 3 dimensional representation of a musical event. It can acoustically compensate for our inability to localize sound through a “stereo” via the eye-ear-brain connection. The result is more satisfying because it helps orient our brains into making more sense of an auditory stimulus. |
Just skimmed so far. Auditory distance perception in humans: a review of cues, development, neuronal bases, and effects of sensory loss https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744263/ |
Recordings are actually 360degrees. When you place the speakers in front of you that's what gives you the frontal stage. 2 speakers can easily give you the 360 sound, it's the room you're hearing keep in mind. Right, so by recording reverberations and all you should still have all of the auditory cues outlined in the above study that I posted. But I think you would have to look at that paper and consider yourself blind. I would expect that having experienced a performance live and being familiar with the venue would help in deciphering the information available in a 2 channel recording. No being into classical music, I don't really have a lot of relevant personal experience. |
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