I dont know exactly the minuscule variations measured (if any) between Stereo, Direct and Pure Direct audio (sound) mode (FL & FR mains set to Large, full range, no sub).
And by ears I couldn't tell (I'm just not trained enough for it).
In my own rooms over the years (different rooms), which were excellent for acoustic dimensions by the way (no multiplier of any number...eg.; 15' W by 25' L by 10' H), and with good walls surfaces (pleasant bouncing sounds), carpets and none, high ceiling, wood, ...minimal room treatments (carpeted floor, high frequency absorbers on side walls), in my own personal case in those rooms I prefered Stereo audio mode with Audyssey MultEQ XT32 (we're talking Denon/Marantz and yesterday's Onkyo/Integra brands sporting the Audyssey canopy).
Today we have advanced...Dirac Live, Trinnov, ARC2, and few oher high caliber Room EQ systems and advanced Bass Management.
The analog stereo purists would stay far away from it all, but in my honest opinion with quality ADC and a high quality Stereo EQ system many records (Rock, Pop, Sentimental Jazz, etc.) would benefit many room's acoustics.
Music is mainly Stereo (some is Mono), and that's the audiophile mantra.
Another type of audiophiles with another view on expansion through one more speaker (center to make it physically discrete instead of phantom imaging) and stereo surrounds for the reverberations of actual hall's venues are multichannel music audiophiles.
Some recordings sound phenomenal and others despicable...just like real life stereo music.
There are two type of people in the world; the ones who push the ultimate envelope in Stereo sound, and the rest...Direct, Dirac, Pure Multichannel.
To put it simply; analog people and digital people. They live inside the same house with their pets, kids and in harmony.
Get the most of life by what the most you can afford getting from it. Think wisdom, not necessarily money. Because music matters ... sweet sounds to our ears.
There are many roads leading to Rome ... the best is the one we're on ... it cannot be any other way around it. ...The journey, our journey ... with Denon AV receivers ... preferably above 3500 ... Below is fine, till the journey takes us higher in the ladder of better heatsinks, bigger transformers, better parts, implementation, ...all that music stereo jazz.
I like the idea of measuring speakers, more receivers higher up, more more measured everything.
And by ears I couldn't tell (I'm just not trained enough for it).
In my own rooms over the years (different rooms), which were excellent for acoustic dimensions by the way (no multiplier of any number...eg.; 15' W by 25' L by 10' H), and with good walls surfaces (pleasant bouncing sounds), carpets and none, high ceiling, wood, ...minimal room treatments (carpeted floor, high frequency absorbers on side walls), in my own personal case in those rooms I prefered Stereo audio mode with Audyssey MultEQ XT32 (we're talking Denon/Marantz and yesterday's Onkyo/Integra brands sporting the Audyssey canopy).
Today we have advanced...Dirac Live, Trinnov, ARC2, and few oher high caliber Room EQ systems and advanced Bass Management.
The analog stereo purists would stay far away from it all, but in my honest opinion with quality ADC and a high quality Stereo EQ system many records (Rock, Pop, Sentimental Jazz, etc.) would benefit many room's acoustics.
Music is mainly Stereo (some is Mono), and that's the audiophile mantra.
Another type of audiophiles with another view on expansion through one more speaker (center to make it physically discrete instead of phantom imaging) and stereo surrounds for the reverberations of actual hall's venues are multichannel music audiophiles.
Some recordings sound phenomenal and others despicable...just like real life stereo music.
There are two type of people in the world; the ones who push the ultimate envelope in Stereo sound, and the rest...Direct, Dirac, Pure Multichannel.
To put it simply; analog people and digital people. They live inside the same house with their pets, kids and in harmony.
Get the most of life by what the most you can afford getting from it. Think wisdom, not necessarily money. Because music matters ... sweet sounds to our ears.
There are many roads leading to Rome ... the best is the one we're on ... it cannot be any other way around it. ...The journey, our journey ... with Denon AV receivers ... preferably above 3500 ... Below is fine, till the journey takes us higher in the ladder of better heatsinks, bigger transformers, better parts, implementation, ...all that music stereo jazz.
I like the idea of measuring speakers, more receivers higher up, more more measured everything.