Recorded spatial content, not loudspeakers, dominates stereo perception

Evidence

The directivity of the loudspeakers is a factor, as is the reflectivity of the surfaces involved in the first lateral reflections, especially in recordings incorporating left or right hard-panned sounds. If simplistic “mono” hard-pans had been ameliorated by the addition of spatial cues in the recordings themselves, perhaps the Quad would have received higher ratings. It is interesting to contemplate if the tendency for recording control rooms to be acoustically dead, reflection free, motivates the engineers to incorporate left-right delayed or uncorrelated components of the center image into the mixes. It would be an advantage for all, whatever loudspeaker/room combination is used. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 740 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Spatial audio systems create illusions of direction and space rather than reproducing them exactly; Recording technique is the prime determinant of spatial impressions in sound reproduction — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 740; Larger recorded spaces perceptually dominate smaller playback spaces — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 695 (+2 more)

Related

• Recording technique is the prime determinant of spatial impressions in sound reproduction (similarity 0.95)
• Stereo reproduction injects room and speaker location cues unrelated to the recording (similarity 0.89)
• Recording methods and cues for stereo are chosen independently of the listening arrangement. (similarity 0.88)
• Room reflection effects are masked by spatial information already in recordings (similarity 0.86)
• Larger recorded spaces perceptually dominate smaller playback spaces (similarity 0.85)
• Stereo playback masks differences between loudspeakers with room reflections (similarity 0.85)
• Spaciousness comes from natural room reflections, recorded multichannel reflections, or both. (similarity 0.84)
• Multichannel and immersive audio reduce the perceptual importance of small-room reflections. (similarity 0.84)
• Mismatched left-right speakers may degrade stereo imaging more than room effects. (similarity 0.84)
• Listeners perceive the larger of two superimposed spaces in sound reproduction. (similarity 0.83)
• Multichannel recording content masks room acoustics and loudspeaker resonances (similarity 0.83)
• Only sound quality and spatial effects can be physically controlled in recordings (similarity 0.83)
• Spatial richness in multichannel sound inhibits perception of loudspeaker resonances (similarity 0.83)
• Ambisonic reproduction synthesizes a sound field through codependent speaker arrays rather than direction-assigned channels (similarity 0.83)
• Audio-video interactions grow stronger with channel count and screen size (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Spatial audio systems create illusions of direction and space rather than reproducing them exactly #corroborates (0.80)
• Recording technique is the prime determinant of spatial impressions in sound reproduction #corroborates (0.72) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 740