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stereo pairs - stereo imaging

English translation: 2 mikes used together for stereo recording etc.

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English term or phrase:stereo pair
Selected answer:2 mikes used together for stereo recording etc.
Entered by: Tony M

12:59 Dec 5, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Music
English term or phrase: stereo pairs - stereo imaging
When used in stereo pairs, they offer excellent stereo imaging
naglaa khater
Local time: 09:50
2 mikes used togeher for stereo recording (for rest, see below...)
Explanation:
a stereo pair here refers to 2 microphones used together for picking up sound over a 2-dimensional field — i.e. with left/right directional information

Very often, this will be for recording purposes, though of course it could also be for sound reinforcement too.

'stereo imaging' refers to the accuracy and clarity with which the left/right directional information is reproduced — here, when looked at from the point of view of the microphone pickup (though of course similar considerations apply equally at the loudspeaker (= reproducing) end of the audio chain.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 09:50
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thank you
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5 +22 mikes used togeher for stereo recording (for rest, see below...)
Tony M
3 -1stereo speakers on left and right - the display of the stereo speakers
Yasutomo Kanazawa


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
stereo speakers on left and right - the display of the stereo speakers


Explanation:
I think the phrase means that the stereo speakers are situated on the left and right respectively, making the display look excellent.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 16:50
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jim Tucker (X): "Stereo imaging" refers to the depth of the sound created by the stereo process, and the clarity with which the different channels represent a sound produced in 3 dimensions. "Imaging" is not a visual phenomenon here, but one of sound.
1 min
  -> Thank you Jim, for the clarification.
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
2 mikes used togeher for stereo recording (for rest, see below...)


Explanation:
a stereo pair here refers to 2 microphones used together for picking up sound over a 2-dimensional field — i.e. with left/right directional information

Very often, this will be for recording purposes, though of course it could also be for sound reinforcement too.

'stereo imaging' refers to the accuracy and clarity with which the left/right directional information is reproduced — here, when looked at from the point of view of the microphone pickup (though of course similar considerations apply equally at the loudspeaker (= reproducing) end of the audio chain.

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser
31 mins
  -> Thanks, G/C!
agree  Travelin Ann
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ann!
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