Dreams Less Sweet

Dreams Less Sweet is the second proper album by Psychic TV. The album was released in Holophonic sound.

(Holophonics is a trademark for a specific form of sound recording that is based on the unsupported claim that the auditory system acts as an interferometer. The sound characteristics of Holophonics are most clearly heard through headphones, though can be demonstrated to be effective with ordinary 2 channel stereo speakers. To optimize this effect, loudspeakers have also been specifically designed for reproducing Holophonic recordings.

There has been some controversy over the claims made by Hugo Zuccarelli regarding this recording technique. The effects achieved are comparable to traditional binaural recording using mannequin heads, or via more traditional 3D audio techniques via HRTFs. There is no evidence nor studies conducted that indicate that the Holophonic technique is substantially different from or superior to these methods, nor has Zuccarelli ever published his technique, nor has he allowed independent study of the results.
While otoacoustic emissions do exist, there is no evidence to support his assertion that these play a role in sound localization, nor is any mechanism for this “interference” effect claimed by Zuccarelli supported. On the contrary, there is abundant literature proving that properly presented spatial cues via HRTF synthesis (mimicking binaural heads) or binaural recording is adequate to reproduce realistic spatial recordings comparable to real listening.)