I'm sitting within 4 metres of my speakers, would more distance help or does this gave nothing to do with it.. ?
That probably makes sense. I think that any clouding of the sound, whether it is your room acoustics, speaker cabinet resonance, etc, would probably mask the subtle detail that is height information. As I said before, on some (particularly ECM) recordings the ceiling height of the studio is apparent. But if your room acoustics interfere then it all gets muddled. Just my theory why it only works sometimes.How are you speakers positioned ? I'm yet to hear a "3d" sound emanate from speakers that are close to the rear wall... If you can live without bass reinforcement pulling them out 3ft or so really helps matters.
That is just the mind playing tricks.How are you speakers positioned ? I'm yet to hear a "3d" sound emanate from speakers that are close to the rear wall... If you can live without bass reinforcement pulling them out 3ft or so really helps matters.
Essentially, it is, but then so is stereo anyway, as the brain generates the phantom images between loudspeakers. The vertical position of the phantom image is affected by local refelctions, whilst any impression of depth may be encoded in the recording, if done appropriately.That is just the mind playing tricks.
I like this post. If you close your eyes for a while does the depth increase?I can concurr that speakers out in the room are (to my ears anyway) better at generating the front to back depth illusion. That said, not all loudspeakers are the same in this regard.
Well i've got no chance then, got the TV, 4 coffee tables and a cat basketIf you have a tv between your speakers, move it out to see what happens. Or cover it with a thick blanket (making sure its unplugged as even standby produces heat).Similarly if you have a coffee table between you and the speakers, see what happens when you take it out of the room.