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Re: Recording for loudspeaker playback...

Subject: Re: Recording for loudspeaker playback...
From: "Aaron Ximm" <>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:18:16 -0800
On 3/15/06, John Hartog <> wrote:
> To add a little:
> At a NSS workshop, Lang Elliot showed how stereo representation of
> recordings made with his modified SASS becomes more accurate with the
> angle between the listener and the speakers at 120deg rather than the
> usual 60deg.  The 120 angle is wide enough that the listeners head
> blocks the direct path of sound from the speakers to opposite ears -

I've found this true also with my Sonic Studios DSM recordings
(near-binaural -- omnis worn on the head).

I had an installation last summer that put the listener between two
nearfield monitors approaching that angle and the image was
discernibly improved from how I'm used to them translating.

 best,
  aaron

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