Originally posted by Diki:
Good Lord, if I hear one more inaccurate posting on stereo, I'm gonna go postal! 
Look, anyone with a stereo can prove this to themselves. Make a CD with ONE tune done twice. First version stereo, second version mono (any audio editor will do this easily).
Now stand ANYWHERE in your living room, and switch between the two versions. To get the BEST stereo effect, yes, you should sit, stand, dance, whatever, at a point in an equatorial triangle between the speakers. But standing almost anywhere else in the room, short of right next to one of the speakers, you WILL hear a difference between mono and stereo.
The idea that unless you stand in that one 'sweet spot' you won't hear it at all is simply ridiculous... No one is arguing there is no difference. Of course there a difference. Different sound is arriving to the ear at different times. Theres the perceptible difference...
The argument is whether the difference is better in a live venue. There is a reason professional engineers and Producers mix and master in the "sweet spot" and would never ever think of doing it off axis.
I think you were right the first time. if one personally needs all the bells and whistles and stereo etc to feel good about their performance then they are doing the right thing. For them.
To state others are delivering substandard performance because they don't believe stereo is all that and the benefits of a wide consistent area of sonic bliss is a better choice for themselves than a stereo sound field.
Others feel just as relevant and especially do not feel they are lowering their "standards" performing with a Bose System in mono......quite the contrary in fact.
We actually believe the ENTIRE audience is getting a better sonic experience then we had with the Mackie/JBL MR15 System in Stereo. Not just those in the front and center. Everyone hears exactly the same mix as we do with the Bose System. No hot spots, or harsh spots.
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-20-2009).]
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