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My fellow Audioholics, I ran into an interesting observation after setting up my audio system in our new home: Comparing the same record on different media I find there is a significantly varying soundstage on the same recording. Have you ever come across anything similar?
Background: Moving into a new country and a new home I was able to indulge in my audiophile desires a bit more building a dedicated listening/ vinyl room for myself. Part of that exercise was setting up my Magicos very meticulously based on the manufacturers instructions, measuring distances and angles and sounding the final position out to allow the speakers to generate the most even and best possible soundstage in the room. As a result I do enjoy my recordings much more, as it is now possible to place instruments and protagonists in the studio or stage more accurately and to picture the orchestra placement in classical music very vividly.
Observation: Enter Art Pepper and the Rhythm Section, in "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" I found that the CD rip and DSD download produced significantly different soundstages. I think the recoding is designed to kind of place the Rhythm Section on one side and Art on the other, analogous to Art's view at the time that there pretty much was no-one else good enough to play with him and hence putting a bit of distance between the two. On different media, however, that setup plays out differently.
My fellow Audioholics, I ran into an interesting observation after setting up my audio system in our new home: Comparing the same record on different media I find there is a significantly varying soundstage on the same recording. Have you ever come across anything similar?
Background: Moving into a new country and a new home I was able to indulge in my audiophile desires a bit more building a dedicated listening/ vinyl room for myself. Part of that exercise was setting up my Magicos very meticulously based on the manufacturers instructions, measuring distances and angles and sounding the final position out to allow the speakers to generate the most even and best possible soundstage in the room. As a result I do enjoy my recordings much more, as it is now possible to place instruments and protagonists in the studio or stage more accurately and to picture the orchestra placement in classical music very vividly.
Observation: Enter Art Pepper and the Rhythm Section, in "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" I found that the CD rip and DSD download produced significantly different soundstages. I think the recoding is designed to kind of place the Rhythm Section on one side and Art on the other, analogous to Art's view at the time that there pretty much was no-one else good enough to play with him and hence putting a bit of distance between the two. On different media, however, that setup plays out differently.
DSD download: Pretty much even spread between the channels, with the band on one side and Art on the other.
CD rip: Band still on one side, but Art as the main protagonist much bigger and more clearly in the middle.
Vinyl: No access yet, need a little help here.
Anyone interested to try out and to share your observations? Would be interesting to compare the experiences on different media. Which one is "right"?
Maybe someone with recording/ mastering experience can help out, but I thought the change of format could/ should actually not alter the soundstage. Of course it is also possible that either of the files is corrupted. Any other records with similar observations?
DSD download: Pretty much even spread between the channels, with the band on one side and Art on the other.
CD rip: Band still on one side, but Art as the main protagonist much bigger and more clearly in the middle.
Vinyl: No access yet, need a little help here.
Anyone interested to try out and to share your observations? Would be interesting to compare the experiences on different media. Which one is "right"?
Maybe someone with recording/ mastering experience can help out, but I thought the change of format could/ should actually not alter the soundstage. Of course it is also possible that either of the files is corrupted. Any other records with similar observations?
Background: Moving into a new country and a new home I was able to indulge in my audiophile desires a bit more building a dedicated listening/ vinyl room for myself. Part of that exercise was setting up my Magicos very meticulously based on the manufacturers instructions, measuring distances and angles and sounding the final position out to allow the speakers to generate the most even and best possible soundstage in the room. As a result I do enjoy my recordings much more, as it is now possible to place instruments and protagonists in the studio or stage more accurately and to picture the orchestra placement in classical music very vividly.
Observation: Enter Art Pepper and the Rhythm Section, in "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" I found that the CD rip and DSD download produced significantly different soundstages. I think the recoding is designed to kind of place the Rhythm Section on one side and Art on the other, analogous to Art's view at the time that there pretty much was no-one else good enough to play with him and hence putting a bit of distance between the two. On different media, however, that setup plays out differently.
My fellow Audioholics, I ran into an interesting observation after setting up my audio system in our new home: Comparing the same record on different media I find there is a significantly varying soundstage on the same recording. Have you ever come across anything similar?
Background: Moving into a new country and a new home I was able to indulge in my audiophile desires a bit more building a dedicated listening/ vinyl room for myself. Part of that exercise was setting up my Magicos very meticulously based on the manufacturers instructions, measuring distances and angles and sounding the final position out to allow the speakers to generate the most even and best possible soundstage in the room. As a result I do enjoy my recordings much more, as it is now possible to place instruments and protagonists in the studio or stage more accurately and to picture the orchestra placement in classical music very vividly.
Observation: Enter Art Pepper and the Rhythm Section, in "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" I found that the CD rip and DSD download produced significantly different soundstages. I think the recoding is designed to kind of place the Rhythm Section on one side and Art on the other, analogous to Art's view at the time that there pretty much was no-one else good enough to play with him and hence putting a bit of distance between the two. On different media, however, that setup plays out differently.
DSD download: Pretty much even spread between the channels, with the band on one side and Art on the other.
CD rip: Band still on one side, but Art as the main protagonist much bigger and more clearly in the middle.
Vinyl: No access yet, need a little help here.
Anyone interested to try out and to share your observations? Would be interesting to compare the experiences on different media. Which one is "right"?
Maybe someone with recording/ mastering experience can help out, but I thought the change of format could/ should actually not alter the soundstage. Of course it is also possible that either of the files is corrupted. Any other records with similar observations?
DSD download: Pretty much even spread between the channels, with the band on one side and Art on the other.
CD rip: Band still on one side, but Art as the main protagonist much bigger and more clearly in the middle.
Vinyl: No access yet, need a little help here.
Anyone interested to try out and to share your observations? Would be interesting to compare the experiences on different media. Which one is "right"?
Maybe someone with recording/ mastering experience can help out, but I thought the change of format could/ should actually not alter the soundstage. Of course it is also possible that either of the files is corrupted. Any other records with similar observations?
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