"Chris Morriss" wrote in message
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In message MQcpd.321783$nl.260854@pd7tw3no, Spiderant
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What a plonker he was. And what were his views on the eardrum of the
listener, (being a diaphragm etc
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Chris Morriss

I actually did think about that. When listening to a live performance, all
the music is hitting my eardrums silmutaneously (well, maybe not
silmutaneously as, from what I understand, some frequencies travel faster
than others). Consequently, as per your suggestion, I would only hear the
combined instruments--but only if I held my head exactly the same way and,
perhaps, only if the musicians held perfectly still. But as soon as I would
turn my ears towards, say, the clarinets, then they would dominate over the
violins, and so on. And when the solo pianist would start to play, I would
turn my head towards him or her and the piano would dominate. As a result,
a live performance would seem much more dimensional, would it not? Since a
recording can only play the combined signal from a stationary point,
regardless of how I would turn my head when listening to my speakers, I
don't see how I could distinquish the instruments in the same way.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Roland Goetz.