I just finished listening to Sgt. Pepper's. I think it's a treat to get away from the continuously repeated homogenous mixes of today and re-experience the soundstage differences of older recordings that the likes of George Martin created years ago when they had fun with 'stereo'.
Most recordings today possess dead center pegging of voices and careful placement of instruments such that with my eyes closed I can't place my speakers. Every recording is the same. If I open my speakers up a little I can stretch the soundstage from center and vise-versa if I close them up toward centre. How nice - how boring.
Go ahead, forget about the war for a few minutes and put on an old recording like Pepper's and see what soundstage was like in its' infancy. Amazing. The use of stereo soundstage was an artform - maybe even a novelty.
brucek
Most recordings today possess dead center pegging of voices and careful placement of instruments such that with my eyes closed I can't place my speakers. Every recording is the same. If I open my speakers up a little I can stretch the soundstage from center and vise-versa if I close them up toward centre. How nice - how boring.
Go ahead, forget about the war for a few minutes and put on an old recording like Pepper's and see what soundstage was like in its' infancy. Amazing. The use of stereo soundstage was an artform - maybe even a novelty.
brucek
