5.1 music listening is more true to the original recording than 2 channel stereo.

There, I said it.

Why, well here is why I think why:

I have always heard that some feel that hearing the original recording with you as the audience and the sound coming from the stage was truer to the original recording. Other people like to hear the recording as if they were on stage with the musicians, some recordings like AIX records allow you to switch between the two. But one thing I noticed is that when trying to listen to the audience presentation, as if I were in the audience, Stereo, the applause came from away from me (mic's on stage), not around me.

So what this means, what we already know, is that the microphones used for the recording were on stage with the musicians, whether or not you are listening in stereo or surround.


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