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3D imaging

I I started thinking about this yesterday. What makes speakers produce a 3D image? I figured the first thing is the recording itself. I'm guessing mic placement has a lot to do with this. Next I would imagine is room,and speaker placement. Downstream gear certainly has to have some effect on this. Does the crossover have something to do with providing this "illusion " for lack of a better term? 
     Now please understand,I don't have anywhere near the technical knowledge a lot of you folks have,so as you explain this phenomenon,please dumb it down for me! 
    Thanks in advance,
        Ray
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It’s OK to like speakers. There’s room for everybody in this hobby. 🤗
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Two huge advantages to headphones 🎧 are you don’t need room treatments and you don’t have to drive yourself crazy with speaker placement. What a relief! 😂
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🤗 🤗 🤗 🤗
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Actually when you move them farther apart the center image goes missing in action. As Bob Dylan sez at the end of all his albums, good luck! As I’ve oft mentioned on these fora the only real scientific way to find the absolute best locations for ANY speaker in ANY room is the speaker set up track on XLO Test CD and other similar test CDs. All other methods are only approximate. It’s like trying to solve x simultaneous equations in x + n unknowns. Some rooms there’s nothing you can do.
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With respect to the Chartwells my guess is that you will get a better soundstage by moving the speakers closer together, making them 5 feet apart, even less perhaps, with no toe-in. Most speakers are set too far apart. 
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