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Despite the fact most of us would much rather just stay home, humans are social creatures – always have been and always will be. That’s why every culture has fairs and festivals and centuries-long traditions that are all celebrated with music at the center of each. The world changes but many of these traditions are passed down from generation to generation, keeping our ties to our past resilient. Our connection to music is part of what makes us human.
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Loudspeaker toe-in is a concept as old as stereo itself. Because of an unavoidable design flaw in most loudspeakers, to get the deepest, most accurate soundstage possible some measure of toe-in was necessary. This is where the equilateral triangle setup came from
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Recordings and soundtracks contain the reverberation signature, or room tone, of the space they were recorded in (concert hall, recording studio). In a movie soundtrack, the recording contains the reverberation signature the director and audio designer conjured up. Either way, the reverberation has been provided for you, so it makes sense that a listening room that is overly reverberant will interfere with the sound the artist intended.
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