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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 2420744" data-attributes="member: 555320">Everything I was going to state has already been mentioned.&nbsp; So I&#039;ll summarize;A properly setup 2-channel stereo system with only front speakers (and a sub) should be able to reproduce the same acoustic &quot;feeling&quot; of the enviornment of the recording.&nbsp; From large concert hall to small sound room.The primary soundstage should be projected infront of you, not &quot;all around you&quot;.Amplified concerts and clubs are not good examples of how a stereo system should sound.&nbsp; Your not recreating the concert itself (with the exception of things like room/enviornment..which can be done properly with front speakers)....but rather the stage.&nbsp; The individual instruments and vocals on the stage...not where the concert hall or club decided to place the speakers.Most people who complain about it sounding worse without rearfill don&#039;t have an adequate or properly setup frontstage to begin with....hence the issue.Others simply don&#039;t enjoy the sound of proper staging and imaging.&nbsp; To each their own.&nbsp; Though, as I&#039;ve said before....IMNSHO most of the people who claim they don&#039;t enjoy it simply haven&#039;t truly experienced it yet.&nbsp; Can&#039;t like what you haven&#039;t heard.Beyond the typical &quot;I like my sound surrounding me excuse&quot;, there are those who claim a properly processed rear stage can help with stage height and center image.&nbsp; But as with everything opinionated in audio.....others disagree with that statement.&nbsp; And no, a &quot;properly processed&quot; rearstage isn&#039;t simply attenuating them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 2420744, member: 555320"] Everything I was going to state has already been mentioned. So I'll summarize; A [I]properly setup[/I] 2-channel stereo system with only front speakers (and a sub) should be able to reproduce the same acoustic "feeling" of the enviornment of the recording. From large concert hall to small sound room. The primary soundstage should be projected infront of you, not "all around you". Amplified concerts and clubs are not good examples of how a stereo system should sound. Your not recreating the concert itself (with the exception of things like room/enviornment..which can be done properly with front speakers)....but rather the [I]stage[/I]. The individual instruments and vocals on the stage...not where the concert hall or club decided to place the speakers. Most people who complain about it sounding worse without rearfill don't have an adequate or properly setup frontstage to begin with....hence the issue. Others simply don't enjoy the sound of proper staging and imaging. To each their own. Though, as I've said before....IMNSHO most of the people who claim they don't enjoy it simply haven't truly experienced it yet. Can't like what you haven't heard. Beyond the typical "I like my sound surrounding me excuse", there are those who claim a [I]properly processed[/I] rear stage can help with stage height and center image. But as with everything opinionated in audio.....others disagree with that statement. And no, a "properly processed" rearstage isn't simply attenuating them. [/QUOTE]

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