Len%AIP1%TSD%atc.bendix.com@RELAY.CS.NET (01/09/91)
Raymond Chowkwanyun wrote: > Has anyone ever experienced a soundstage that extends past the > physical side walls of the listening room? Keith doesn't say how far > his speakers are from the back wall, but I assume there's a good > chance it's less than the 7 feet he experiences. I've also heard > music seeming to emanate from beyond the back wall, but the side > walls? I've never heard a soundstage go beyond the side walls. > -- ray On Stereophile's test CD there's a beautifully recorded performance of a solo piano work (Chopin I think). At the very end the stage manager says "Bravo!" from the far left of the stage. On my system (an elderly Sony CD player connected directly into an Adcom GFA-535 driving a pair of modified Dynaco A-25 speakers) the voice comes very distinctly from somewhere beyond my living room's left wall. Startled me quite a bit! By the way, my speakers are placed well out into the room. Len Moskowitz