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27th October 2007, 08:31 AM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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 | Monitors' Stereo Imaging I tried to find an already existing thread that was even remotely related to my question but I couldn't find one. I've just bought myself a brand spanking new pair of BM5As. Today will be day 4 with them. Before the BM5As I was using some old (but very nice sounding) home hi-fi speakers powered by an Onkyo amp which my Dad bought when he was young. They did a fine job but I'm glad I upgraded. However, while the dyns are clearer and do have a fuller sound to them, the biggest difference I have noticed is the stereo imaging. The BM5As just sound MUCH wider. Why is this?? I would have thought stereo imaging would all come down to where your speakers sit, where they face and then where you put your head? Cheers |
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27th October 2007, 01:55 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006
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| Different speakers have different dispersion patterns. There will be a sweet spot. Further apart, and the stereo image gets "stretched" and artificially wide, in a bad way. Too close together, and the stereo image is "compressed" and artificially smaller, in a bad way. Try placing the speakers through the whole range of too-close thru to too-far-apart, and find the ideal spot. Frequently it's a whole lot closer together than you would think. Maybe they are already in the ideal spot. Better accuracy from speakers will result in better stereo imaging.
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27th October 2007, 09:33 PM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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| Awesome. Cheers for that. |
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27th October 2007, 10:46 PM
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Near Harrisburg, PA
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| Some of stereo imaging has to do with overtones or sibilant sounds being sent to the opposite speaker and delayed slightly to simulate spatial reflections. Your ears determine source location by detecting those subtle delays. Your new speakers simply reproduce those frequencies with more clarity which makes the illusion of spatial reflections appear more obvious to your ears. |
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