P3D Re: OT stereo ears

[Andy Beals <bandy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 04 Dec 1999 23:28:59 -0700, "Eric Goldstein" <egoldstein@xxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> Andy Beals writes:
> 
> > To really listen to stereo you need a purpose-built room which will have
> > one good listening spot.  Otherwise, it's headphones. Surely you remember
> > [ahem] the headphones+marijuana -required music of the seventies?
> 
> 
> Don't know if you're serious or not with this reply, but in case you are I'd
> dispute you on both accounts. There is no reason in this world why you need
> a "purpose built" room to listen to stereo, "really" or otherwise, and
> headphones are a terrible soundstage for listening; no one would track or
> mix or evaluate a stereo recording from headphones...

Yes, I was serious and I was thinking more of 5+1 Dolby Digital Surround or 
DTS more than I was thinking of two [or three] speakers.  If you want to get 
the sound placement right, you're going to have a room of the right shape with 
your chair in the right place, otherwise the sound will be off - you'll hear 
the left channel before the right or the rears before the front or or or or.  
Yuck.