[Phil Allison[_4_]]

Scott Dorsey wrote:


Using headphones, the stereo image is inside one's head -
something most listeners accommodate to very quickly.


It's not really a stereo image, though. Partly because it is in one's head,
and there is a hole in the middle,


** Only times I hear a "hole in the middle" is when L & R are reverse phase or the ground connection is missing - otherwise mono signals appear smack in the middle.


but also because the sense of depth is radically altered.


** But the fact the sound from headphones is NOT contaminated with masses of room reverberation ( which also destroys any depth illusion) more than makes up for it in most cases.

The biggest drawbacks with headphone listening is how low bass seems wrong and ear discomfort after extended periods.



.... Phil