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From: Len%AIP1%TSD%atc.bendix.com@RELAY.CS.NET
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Subject: Beyond the wall imaging
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Date: 9 Jan 91 13:48:46 GMT
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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