The more I read/learn about this hobby the more I'm beginning to think we're all deluding ourselves.
I;ve been thinking logically about things that are discussed on this forum and many of them make no sense whatsoever.
Soundstage - It isn't really there at all, it's an illusion created by our imaginations, all we are listening to is sound coming from two boxes this is an inescapable fact, therefore it could be argued that those with better imaginations hear better soundstaging, or at least think they do.
Cables (of any kind and any price) are long pieces of wire with a plug at each end yet we think they can effect different aspects of musical presentation, This appears to have no rules though, for example a thick cable isn't neccessarily more bassy than a thin one in the same way as a large speaker is to a small speaker. For cables' effect on soundstage see the point above. They can apparently also effect transparency- what exactly is transparency?
One that I heard for the first time today is the polar response and balance of a speaker in relation to its position in relation to a wall, a speaker is a box containing two drivers, a crossover, some wires & some damping. Think logically about how any of these components can be tuned or adjusted to compensate for a wall alongside the box. If we were to accept that this is possible it stands to reason that the speakers would have to be "sided" if the right hand speaker were to be placed close to a wall to its left it would sound terrible and vice versa.
Any thoughts on this?
I;ve been thinking logically about things that are discussed on this forum and many of them make no sense whatsoever.
Soundstage - It isn't really there at all, it's an illusion created by our imaginations, all we are listening to is sound coming from two boxes this is an inescapable fact, therefore it could be argued that those with better imaginations hear better soundstaging, or at least think they do.
Cables (of any kind and any price) are long pieces of wire with a plug at each end yet we think they can effect different aspects of musical presentation, This appears to have no rules though, for example a thick cable isn't neccessarily more bassy than a thin one in the same way as a large speaker is to a small speaker. For cables' effect on soundstage see the point above. They can apparently also effect transparency- what exactly is transparency?
One that I heard for the first time today is the polar response and balance of a speaker in relation to its position in relation to a wall, a speaker is a box containing two drivers, a crossover, some wires & some damping. Think logically about how any of these components can be tuned or adjusted to compensate for a wall alongside the box. If we were to accept that this is possible it stands to reason that the speakers would have to be "sided" if the right hand speaker were to be placed close to a wall to its left it would sound terrible and vice versa.
Any thoughts on this?