Hi

I am interested to hear which is your favourite CD
for demonstrating your systems' sound stage.

I would imagine a recording of chamber music or
something similar.

Regards
A

Jack wrote:

Hi

I am interested to hear which is your favourite CD
for demonstrating your systems' sound stage.

I would imagine a recording of chamber music or
something similar.

Why ?

Graham

"Jack" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am interested to hear which is your favourite CD for demonstrating your
systems' sound stage.



Hmm, that's going to be interesting - I'm not aware they have any, other
than a bit of reverb....??

Eeyore wrote:


Jack wrote:


Hi

I am interested to hear which is your favourite CD
for demonstrating your systems' sound stage.

I would imagine a recording of chamber music or
something similar.


Why ?

"Soundstage refers to the depth and richness of an
audio recording (usually referring to the playback
process). According to audiophiles, the quality of
the playback is very much dependent on how one is
able to pick out different instruments, voices,
vocal parts, etc. exactly where they are located
on an imaginary 2D or 3D field. This can enhance
not only the listener's involvement in the
recording but also their overall perception of the
stage." - Wikipedia

I need a good quality recording where this is evident.

"Jack" wrote

I need a good quality recording where this is evident.


OK then, almost anything by Laurie Anderson - Mr Heartbreak and Strange
Angels in particular...

Keith G wrote:

"Jack" wrote

I need a good quality recording where this is evident.

OK then, almost anything by Laurie Anderson - Mr Heartbreak and Strange
Angels in particular...

O yes, Laurie Anderson. I only have Big Science.

"Jack" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:

"Jack" wrote

I need a good quality recording where this is evident.

OK then, almost anything by Laurie Anderson - Mr Heartbreak and Strange
Angels in particular...

O yes, Laurie Anderson. I only have Big Science.



Excellent album, but perhaps not the best for soundstage and depth...??

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:52:27 +0200, Jack wrote:

Eeyore wrote:


Jack wrote:


Hi

I am interested to hear which is your favourite CD
for demonstrating your systems' sound stage.

I would imagine a recording of chamber music or
something similar.


Why ?

"Soundstage refers to the depth and richness of an
audio recording (usually referring to the playback
process). According to audiophiles, the quality of
the playback is very much dependent on how one is
able to pick out different instruments, voices,
vocal parts, etc. exactly where they are located
on an imaginary 2D or 3D field. This can enhance
not only the listener's involvement in the
recording but also their overall perception of the
stage." - Wikipedia

I need a good quality recording where this is evident.

The definitive soundstage recording is a DDD Delos CD of the 1812
overture conducted by James de Priest. It is a masterpiece of imaging,
and you can hear the location of virtually every individual member of
the orchestra. Too many recordings are so over-processed that the
sound stage disappears in a sea of added reverb.

Anyway, get yourself this one and be amazed. Not a bad performance
either.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

"Jack" wrote in message
...
Hi

I am interested to hear which is your favourite CD
for demonstrating your systems' sound stage.

I would imagine a recording of chamber music or
something similar.

Regards
A

That's easy - Roger Waters - Flickering Flame. It's
recorded in Q Sound which is a 3D sound field from stereo.
We have on track 2 - Too Much Rope a stage coach travelling
across the whole sound stage L-R and then a little later a
F50 Ferrari goes the other way at full song. Oh and it's
not a bad album either.

Cheers TT

"Jack"


"Soundstage refers to the depth and richness of an audio recording
(usually referring to the playback process). According to audiophiles, the
quality of the playback is very much dependent on how one is able to pick
out different instruments, voices, vocal parts, etc. exactly where they
are located on an imaginary 2D or 3D field. This can enhance not only the
listener's involvement in the recording but also their overall perception
of the stage." - Wikipedia

I need a good quality recording where this is evident.



** The song called " Little Wing " as performed by Jimi Hendrix, Mitch
Mitchell & Noel Redding.

Recorded February 24, 1969 at the Royal Albert Hall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrix_in_the_West

The CD has long been deleted but can be obtained by Bitorrent.


WARNING:

On a typical stereo system in an average room, it is nothing special at all.

With Quad ELS ( 57s or 63s) in a well damped ( ie acoustically dead)
room - YOU are there.




........ Phil