Speaker Placement a Key to Imaging

[Mr. Widget]

Does the Rhodes fill the entire "front of the house" or does it stay pretty much between/just beyond the speakers on other people's systems?

Waaaaay beyond.

I just played the Sheep track on two systems. My Project Widgets and my HT Meyer Sound Ultra-X20s. I haven't bothered to verify if the Meyers are time aligned, but they probably are since the geometry and DSP make it pretty easy to do. My Project Widgets are totally old school like a 43XX... different arrival times for the different drivers (and it's a 4-way)

Both systems created a nicely 3D soundstage for the sheep and birds with the piano extending far off to the left and right of the speakers. For this track at least, time alignment doesn't seem to be necessary.

Rob, I agree it does seem to almost wrap around. I've heard that effect on a couple of other stereo recordings where they seem almost surround sound.


Widget

[toddalin]

The stereo panning effect was actually built right into the later Rhodes without the need for external equipment other than a stereo amp and speakers to really take advantage of it.

[toddalin]

Another perfect example of the Rhodes "autopan" feature on a cut that everyone is familiar with. I need to see if I have this one to listen to on the Mermans to see if it's as wide as the Floyd cut.

https://youtu.be/ghLWjyOOLno

And another comes to mind.
https://youtu.be/u6jHlW414sQ

Note the "Chorus/Vibrato" knobs and separate L/R outputs.

Actually, this brings up a question that I've never seen addressed..., does a panned sound create a doppler shift and it's attendant change in pitch (a true vibrato)? I'm thinking "no." While the sound appears to move, it is an illusion of either channel getting louder/quieter and nothing physically moves.

[grumpy]

Small world. I know the owner of that garage & keyboard

[DerekTheGreat]

Reminds me of another piano from a particular movie:
"Uh.. uh, there's nothing wrong with the action on that piano."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbrIrFxas0