skymusic20
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Hello all.
I frequently read people talking about soundstage and image, sometimes they seem to mean the same, sometimes not.
I usually read that "this" particular DAC/cartridge/stylus/Phono Peamp/speakers provide much better image/soundstage...
I understand image as the identification of particular instruments in a spatial distribution.
If you go to listen to a classical music orchestra, then you will certainly know where is the flute, the cello, the triangle, the harp, (and so on and so on) even if you close your eyes.
Soundstage: I understand that soundstage is related to the natural echos, reverberations and delays that are particular to every music hall.
The same classical music orchestra may not sound the same if they play in different concert halls because of different acoustic properties.
(I understand that some DSP try to artificially mimic soundstage by providing hall, disco, club, church, live room, stadium, etc, etc, a fancy feature very much disliked by audiophiles)
I wonder how can a DAC/Phono preamp/speakers/cartridge/stylus have any impact on image and/or soundstage?
I think image/soundstage depends only on how the music was recorded and I find it hard to understand that a DAC or a phono preamp or even speakers can have a big impact on image/soundstage.
Hope someone can say something about it.
Thanks all!
I frequently read people talking about soundstage and image, sometimes they seem to mean the same, sometimes not.
I usually read that "this" particular DAC/cartridge/stylus/Phono Peamp/speakers provide much better image/soundstage...
I understand image as the identification of particular instruments in a spatial distribution.
If you go to listen to a classical music orchestra, then you will certainly know where is the flute, the cello, the triangle, the harp, (and so on and so on) even if you close your eyes.
Soundstage: I understand that soundstage is related to the natural echos, reverberations and delays that are particular to every music hall.
The same classical music orchestra may not sound the same if they play in different concert halls because of different acoustic properties.
(I understand that some DSP try to artificially mimic soundstage by providing hall, disco, club, church, live room, stadium, etc, etc, a fancy feature very much disliked by audiophiles)
I wonder how can a DAC/Phono preamp/speakers/cartridge/stylus have any impact on image and/or soundstage?
I think image/soundstage depends only on how the music was recorded and I find it hard to understand that a DAC or a phono preamp or even speakers can have a big impact on image/soundstage.
Hope someone can say something about it.
Thanks all!
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