Originally posted by hellboy44:
You were addressing my point (Stereo "being for the few not the many") and thus addressing me and others who hold that view. On top of that, you quoted my "sweet spot" phrasing exactly.
Pretty good reasons to assume you were addressing me.
Say what you mean and mean what you say Diki, instead of all this "passive aggressive/I'm just talkin' in general" crap that passes for a reply on the forum these days.
OK, then hellboy. Just because YOU (and a few others) don't appreciate stereo any more (and the Bose's inability to deliver it makes that kind of moot, anyway) does NOT mean those of us that DO are wrong. In truth only in weird shaped venues does any significant portion of the audience NOT hear a stereo image, albeit somewhat compromised.
Originally posted by hellboy44:
Thing is, the Stereo image concept only works if you're sitting in the sweet spot FOH. Move to the left or right, or significantly back from that spot, and you not only lose the Stereo field and any instruments painstakingly panned left or right, you get a biased listening field (too much lead guitar, too much backing vocals, or Strings, or Tambourine (!) or what have you.
In MY book, that's pretty much EXACTLY what I criticized (but you are right, I did 'drama' it up a bit!). So don't give ME the passive/aggressive line, mate... Stand by your own bloody quote.
I was TRYING to make general comments (the term 'sweet spot' isn't a bloody OZ term, it's everyday parlance) but if you want to make it personal, fine by me. Just remember to check your OWN quotes first, or run the risk of being accused of passive/aggressiveness yourself, too...
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