XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Bill Graham  wrote:   
   >Oh. Well then, I don't know the difference. To me true stereo would be what   
   >you normally hear. IOW, if you put a dummy seated front and center in   
   >Carneige Hall, and put a microphone in his left ear and record whatever that   
   >mic picks up on the "left" channel. and another mike in his right ear, and   
   >record that on the "right" channel, and then deliver those two channels to   
   >my ears via two transmission channels and my stereo headset, then I am   
   >getting as near as is possible what I would be hearing were I to fly to New   
   >York and buy a ticket to Carneigy Hall and sit front and center for the real   
   >performance. And to me, it doesn't get any better than this. If this isn't   
   >"true stereo" then what is?   
      
   True stereo is a system specifically designed to provide an accurate and   
   clear stereo image which extends beyond the speakers when played on   
   a 2-speaker system arranged as an equilateral triangle with the listener's   
   head.  Alternately a three-speaker system can also be considered stereo   
   but the geometry gets a little different.  The idea is that the wavefront   
   is recreated more or less.  Recordings made in stereo must be played back   
   with this system; if played back on headphones there is a severe hole in   
   the middle.   
      
   Binaural systems attempt to recreate the pressure of sound in the ears   
   rather than recreating a wavefront.  They work very well, but recordings   
   made this way can only be played back in headphones.  If played back on   
   speakers, they become mush.   
      
   If you are interested in binaural recording, check out John Sunier's   
   website, the Binaural Source.   
   --scott   
      
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