On 27 Oct 2005 02:24:41 GMT, "Iain M Churches"
wrote:

"ScottW" wrote in message
...

I have a simple theory why I think vinyl can sound more realistic. It
has to do with the supposedly inferior channel separation of vinyl.
Seems to me that the vinyl soundstage is often more realistic as it
loses pinpoint focus (as most live venues do) due to less than perfect
channel separation. I suspect, based on my system, that this also
enhances an illusion of depth to the soundstage that a CD doesn't
always create.

Interesting point Scott. The channel separation on vinyl is
far greater than the crosstalk of most cartridges.

Should anyone think that this is a problem, it's trivially easy to
decrease channel separation electronically. Increasing it is of course
quite another matter - for that, you need CD.

One could of course make a similar argument for the more 'natural'
sound common top large planar dipoles, which have a large amount of
decorrelated far-field sound in most listening situations.
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