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Excellent imaging is why I won't live without remote balance control, to make slight balance adjustments to occasional individual tracks that can make surprisingly large improvements to imaging. Engineering could have been perfect, but certain LP pressings, from different generations of 'originals', 'stampers' can produce imbalances.
you will also become aware of occasional weirdness (like the worlds biggest piano, highs from right speaker, progressing left to lows from left channel) Drums left speaker, cymbals right side. I have learned to go sit somewhere else to enjoy these kinds of things.
and, if live, you never know if the engineers have palsy or the singer is walking around on stage.
finally, as center is phantom, a phono cartridge with wide separation, combined with tight center balance i.e. .5db will give a more solid center, and the other individual instruments 'open up' across the width. To the extend that sounds emanate off to the outside of speakers occasionally.
Eventually, give yourself the treat of Reel to Reel with it's totally separate l/r channels. And a lot of those engineers knew what the heck they were doing.
Now you will hear perfection, learn about fabulous engineers and studios, ...
Excellent imaging is why I won't live without remote balance control, to make slight balance adjustments to occasional individual tracks that can make surprisingly large improvements to imaging. Engineering could have been perfect, but certain LP pressings, from different generations of 'originals', 'stampers' can produce imbalances.
you will also become aware of occasional weirdness (like the worlds biggest piano, highs from right speaker, progressing left to lows from left channel) Drums left speaker, cymbals right side. I have learned to go sit somewhere else to enjoy these kinds of things.
and, if live, you never know if the engineers have palsy or the singer is walking around on stage.
finally, as center is phantom, a phono cartridge with wide separation, combined with tight center balance i.e. .5db will give a more solid center, and the other individual instruments 'open up' across the width. To the extend that sounds emanate off to the outside of speakers occasionally.
Eventually, give yourself the treat of Reel to Reel with it's totally separate l/r channels. And a lot of those engineers knew what the heck they were doing.