----- Original Message ----- From: "Per-Olof Karlsson" <grovsnus72@hotmail.com>
When I'm talking about disappearing speakers, I mean that you hear the music projected from its virtual soundstage, and not from two speakers. Of course, speaker placement is very important here, but so is the source material. Once again, compressed digital audio is very useful here, since the compression tends to get rid of the depth of the recording, and therefore you get the feeling that you're listening to a pair of speakers as opposed to the music...
I guess this is just hard to explain :)
I actually understand what you're saying now. It's the old "you shouldn't be able to tell where the speakers are" argument. Which I understand and which obviously applies to all music regardless of whether it's electronic or not. I still have a problem with "natural sound" though. ;) Anyway, it's just like someone pointed out earlier, it's all to do with subjective experience. Whatever works for each person, I suppose.
Hmm, I'm not sure my musical experience would be sufficiently enriched by expensive hi-fi equipment to justify the cost of it. But then again, I've never had the chance to listen to my favourite music on some state of the art equipment. But nah, as long as there's some proper bass I'm happy. ;)
Hehe, as long as you're happy :) If you live in Stockholm or nearby perhaps we can meet some day and I'll play your ass off ;)
Well, thanks for the invitation. The only problem is that I live in England (although Swedish by birth) so unfortunately I can't take you up on your offer. :) Erik