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Simon Cohen

Unpopular opinion: the best stereo system I own is actually built into my motorbike

A Honda Goldwing touring motorbike, emphasising the sound system onboard, with a driver in a bike helmet .

Here’s an inconvenient truth: unless you listen with headphones or earbuds, most of the time you’re not experiencing stereo sound as it was intended by the artist.

It’s not your fault (probably). As humans, we tend to move around a lot. Meanwhile, our speakers tend to stay put. And that means we are forever moving in and out of the stereo sweet spot – that place where you are perfectly situated between left and right speakers, at the apex of an equilateral triangle.

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