I was over visiting my mum for Christmas ; whilst upstairs I was in my old bedroom and came across my old Sennheisser HD 424 headphones . I used these a lot for nighttime listening , and they are still great .
I remember that Sennheiser made some promotional records that were recorded in Binaural sound , which gave a 3D surround type effect ; I possibly have somewhere a cassette tape recorded off air from a BBC broadcast , made in Binaural , about the Battle of Britain , and it was truly amazing .
I think the BBC Binaural recordings were made in collaboration with Professor Peter Felgett of Reading University , professor of cybernetics , who pioneered Ambisonic recordings , used by the BBC and the Calrec Soundfield microphone ( a tetrahedral array ) ; I used to correspond with him back in the 1970s and he was a very approachable guy .
Anyway , I don't have any binaural or ambisonic recordings to hand , but I do have Paula Abdul's album Spellbound , which was recorded in Q-Sound , which through phase shifting , gives an amazing surround effect just using a stereo pair of loudspeakers ; not sure why it never caught on ...
It isn't so great on headphones , but these old Sennheissers are just as wonderful as I remembered them to be , only ever bettered by a pair of Stax Electrostatics I had later on ,
I still prefer listening on loudspeakers , although headphones are handy for late night listening when you don't want to disturb others .
I remember that Sennheiser made some promotional records that were recorded in Binaural sound , which gave a 3D surround type effect ; I possibly have somewhere a cassette tape recorded off air from a BBC broadcast , made in Binaural , about the Battle of Britain , and it was truly amazing .
I think the BBC Binaural recordings were made in collaboration with Professor Peter Felgett of Reading University , professor of cybernetics , who pioneered Ambisonic recordings , used by the BBC and the Calrec Soundfield microphone ( a tetrahedral array ) ; I used to correspond with him back in the 1970s and he was a very approachable guy .
Anyway , I don't have any binaural or ambisonic recordings to hand , but I do have Paula Abdul's album Spellbound , which was recorded in Q-Sound , which through phase shifting , gives an amazing surround effect just using a stereo pair of loudspeakers ; not sure why it never caught on ...
It isn't so great on headphones , but these old Sennheissers are just as wonderful as I remembered them to be , only ever bettered by a pair of Stax Electrostatics I had later on ,
I still prefer listening on loudspeakers , although headphones are handy for late night listening when you don't want to disturb others .