Hi David:
How are your "sonels" measured? Is this a method of breaking up the image i=
nto discrete sections? I usually think of stereo image in terms such as pol=
ar pattern, vertical and horizontal and depth compressions, and rear to fro=
nt folding. How would "sonels" be divided in such a scheme?
John Hartog
rockscallop.org
>
> A sonel is a sound pixel. The more separate sonels you can hear, the
> better the stereo image.
>
> The very minimum to be stereo is 3 sonels - left, mid, right. You
> really need the intermediate points as well half left and half right.
>
> If you have a nice even image like the SSM, you can distinguish at
> least four more intermediate points giving a 9 sonel stereo image or
> more.
>
> Of course this also depends on your listening setup, but being able to
> hear a distinct number of stereo sonels gives a measure of the stereo
> quality. You may for instance lose definition at each side and only
> distinguish 7 or 5 sonels across the middle, or with a nice clear
> image, rack up more than 9 separate sonels.
>
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