tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post2422222482143198547..comments2024-03-29T03:36:07.963-07:00Comments on <em>Archimago's Musings</em>: MUSINGS: "Which measurements matter?" Importance of considering the complete audio chain. And a listen to room DSP filters...Archimagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-82213984431309076652020-03-17T21:06:33.567-07:002020-03-17T21:06:33.567-07:00Hey Arch, it was awesome meeting up, watching some...Hey Arch, it was awesome meeting up, watching some 5.1 Picard, eating Indian cuisine and interesting convos with the families. It was also fun listening to a variety of tunes, some 5.1, others 2 channel, switching filters and comparing. Like you say, sounds just like the charts show. Speaking of which, the mic cal issue has been solved and you have a new set of filters, definitely brighter than Mitchcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383836822706500840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-1097881710580741982020-03-15T08:51:15.302-07:002020-03-15T08:51:15.302-07:00You are right about the fact that ambisonics is ra...You are right about the fact that ambisonics is rather old, I remember playing with that algorithm at least 10 years ago, and binaural is even older. I know ambisonics requires putting speakers close together, so the connection with laptops is normal.<br /><br />I was maybe over-enthusiastic because this is my first laptop having always worked with desktop workstations, and I didn’t expect such GillesPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04012946247527660963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-53529699483401487252020-03-15T07:16:39.604-07:002020-03-15T07:16:39.604-07:00I refer you to Audio, about 30 or more years ago a...I refer you to Audio, about 30 or more years ago and Bert Whyte.Gatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585986027522851580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-70366346501274287812020-03-15T06:19:36.660-07:002020-03-15T06:19:36.660-07:00Listening to Mr. Acker Bilk "The first time e...Listening to Mr. Acker Bilk "The first time ever I saw your face", a recording from the 60'es, that is an extremely beautiful tune, and which sounds absolutely fabulous (he plays the clarinet).<br /><br />I was introduced to his music in early teenhood, and I've loved his music ever since. Who cares what measurements might say of this recording when it can bring tears to one'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-22783489243385778102020-03-15T06:04:46.839-07:002020-03-15T06:04:46.839-07:00These debates are pointless IMO, as the brain inte...These debates are pointless IMO, as the brain interpolates stuff, "evens out" differences between our ears, and probably does many other interesting things of which we know very little. There's a lot of stuff going on after the sound have engaged the recepticles in our inner ears, especially in the brain. If you know anything about how incredibly complex our brains are with whateverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-46229995519574680672020-03-15T02:18:54.908-07:002020-03-15T02:18:54.908-07:00I've been using room EQ for about 6 years and ...I've been using room EQ for about 6 years and easily spend more than a hundred hours experimenting (which also includes experimenting with phase alignment). I ended up with a house curve that's very close to Harmans RR1 curve without even knowing about Harmans publications. So I'm a bit surprised you seem to prefer that much more sub (if my interpretation of your measurements is Geerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00072618779903423017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-6605272701123462092020-03-15T02:09:01.381-07:002020-03-15T02:09:01.381-07:00This is rather old stuff. I am amazed that apple s...This is rather old stuff. I am amazed that apple still could file a patent..<br /><br />Ambisonic and ambiosonic as well as binaural does crosstalk manipulation.<br />No surprise to hear a sound more left or right than the left or right speaker.<br />The first commercially available product I am aware of and heard is from Lexicon (was done by Greiner). Lexicon CP1, CP3 Sound-DSP. The setting was Dipolaudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741776789850117270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3381650818708617552020-03-14T03:09:42.337-07:002020-03-14T03:09:42.337-07:00The big flaw in Archi's logic is that only wit...The big flaw in Archi's logic is that only with "near perfect" hearing balanced between the ears will any reports of soundstage be believed as valid (with the usual dollop of arrogance about "golden eared" etc.)<br /><br />This is the rabbit hole that many objectivists have descended into. No ears are perfect & balanced between them - just a simple emerging from the dweeb4https://www.blogger.com/profile/12032456345061578726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-30250304388534005972020-03-12T21:33:08.170-07:002020-03-12T21:33:08.170-07:00Gilles, thanks for an interesting observation! I t...Gilles, thanks for an interesting observation! I think part of the trick with the laptop is that the speakers are small and close to your ears, so you mostly hear direct sound from them. In fact, even on "big" speakers that do not engage the room too energetically, it's possible to hear a soundstage that spans wider than the speakers.<br /><br />There is a nice paper by S. Linkwitz Mikhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247181793198240403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-33087073991289596842020-03-12T12:00:44.136-07:002020-03-12T12:00:44.136-07:00Hi Archimago.
In my opinion, as important as freq...Hi Archimago.<br /><br />In my opinion, as important as frequency response, low distortion and of course healthy ears are for convincing sound REproduction, good soundstage creation is in the hands of the record PROduction mostly. It can be natural miking as in most classical and baroque music or jazz, or artificial construction using software with multiple tracks, as in most pop music.<br /><br GillesPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04012946247527660963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-14718694225201857082020-03-11T22:06:32.299-07:002020-03-11T22:06:32.299-07:00Archimago, thanks for a very informative post! The...Archimago, thanks for a very informative post! These topics do resonate with my interests very much.<br /><br />Regarding the soundstage phenomenon, if we correlate it with the illusion of "being there", then good objective parameters are IMO absence of strong reflections on the ETC curve, and the IACC metric (as displayed by Acourate for example). There are some tracks from "The Mikhailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247181793198240403noreply@blogger.com