1st Post Intro & Ramblings

I’m still using the tape measure most of the time and still tinker a lot, OCD. 
As to what can be heard or appreciated really comes down to the listener. I had someone sitting on my sofa and his exact words were “it doesn’t sound right, the singers voice is in the middle”  I had to absorb that for a few. 

There are some legit sound people here including recording studios and location work, like anything esoteric pick your experts carefully:-) glad to see you post up and share your insights

Spend $30 on a Bosch laser and focus on the tweeter and you might be amazed, of course some speakers / room combos don’t care, but those are relatively rare, I have a Leica and a Bosch our on loan at the moment... funny how they don’t come back home...

After 10 years of casually reading, I can definitely attest there some high level professionals here. Since they’re here and maybe reading, I have a question that for the life of me I cannot figure out. I’ll start with “I don’t know everything but” from what I remember, Many moons ago some scientist sat in the audience at a moving picture show. single speaker (mono) sitting dead center, that was it for sound. As things ran across the screen, it bugged him because the sound didn’t move also. He went home and now we have stereophonic imaging. Move forward, we realize that the stereophonic was limited to a sweet spot. That’s what brought about theater sound, so everyone could enjoy this magic 3D stereophonic image. I think you get where I’m going. In my opinion (legal disclaimer), a very large percentage of the population usually watch movies in pairs, so the stereo image would be superior (assuming it was mixed correctly). The question is Why do so many stereophiles, audiophiles and/or avid listeners still go full surround to watch a movie?

I'm sorry but I thought I got it at the beginning of the discussion but by the end I had no idea.