#soundstage

I should be saying goodnight now

I really shouldn't stay anymore

It's been so long since I held you

On Not Chasing Audiophile Phantoms Most audiophiles, at some point in their journey, become convinced their system needs more soundstage depth. They read forum posts praising speakers that “throw a holographic image with layers extending back to the rear wall”. They audition components marketed for their ability to “create a deep, three-dimensional soundstage”. They become dissatisfied with…

How Rendering Turns Space Into a World The hi‑fi field has spent decades talking about soundstage as though it were a picture: a framed scene laid out between the loudspeakers, complete with foreground, mid‑ground, and background. The metaphors were all optical. We borrowed the language of photography and theatre because it felt intuitive, and because the culture was built on the idea that…

There’s a recent article by Gary Eickmeier in audioxpress magazine (November, 2025) that I found after writing my posts about the ‘third thing’ manifestation idea. Audio Praxis: An Image Model Theory for Stereophonic Sound (link below) He’s fascinated by how we think about stereo sound. The audio world has long operated under a fundamental misunderstanding: the assumption that stereo is simply…

Alan Blumlein invented stereo to solve the problem of sound not following characters on screen, but in practice stereo became standardised around stable, stationary sound sources because of recording conventions, playback environments, and listener expectations.  —🎬 Blumlein’s Original Vision – Blumlein conceived stereo in 1931 after being frustrated at the cinema: when a character walked across…