Pulse-R, on Nov 12 2009, 10:34 PM, said:
depth is also meant to be 3-dimensional. a lack of depth is usually associated with S/N ratio and separation... these are artefacts of jitter and un-wanted crosstalk in the electronic circuits.
in home audio systems, more expensive equipment generally has improvements in both of these critical areas, and is easily the difference between "Oh, it's stereo I think" and "OMFG do you 'see' the sound stage! and that piano was too close to the wall when they did that recording".
it also helps to actually have some excellent recordings to listen to. 99.9999% are not good enough.
My experience in the high end industry for many years has actually shown the the biggest differences actually come from various speaker technologies (reducing cabinet resonances, driver and x-over design, etc) and careful placement in a given environment/room.
Sure, sources and amplification can make a difference and care should be taken to maximise synergies but differences are not nearly as much as the above. Most better sources and amplification have the basics sorted to be honest. It's the speaker/room interaction that is the biggest factor.
I can for example change depth of field in many systems simply by moving the speaker to a point closer to or further from a rear wall.
Oh, good cables help too...
Edited by Winno, 13 November 2009 - 08:30 PM.
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