Stereo reproduction injects room and speaker location cues unrelated to the recording

Evidence

However, these techniques have been characterized to lack a ‘sense of space’ (Streicher and Dooley, 1985). One reason for the weak perception of space is that the microphones are directional and are directed typically towards the instruments. The effect of the room, in turn, arrives evenly from all directions, and thus the directional pattern effectively reduces the level of reverberation in the recording. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1840 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Matching audio to a visual scene requires scene-appropriate impulse responses.; Stereo presentation masks audible differences between loudspeakers found in mono. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 443; Center channel carries most dialog but stereo mixing habits undermine TV use (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Directional coincident microphones suppress room reverberation, killing sense of space #contradicts (0.80) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1840
• Spatial audio systems create illusions of direction and space rather than reproducing them exactly #expands (0.78)
• Two loudspeakers can synthesize a credible 5-channel surround illusion #corroborates (0.75)