YOur post is very good mijostyn about point source and line source speakers...Thanks...
Save for one ESSENTIAL point....My point source speakers, relatively to the recording engineer choices behind each album for sure, COULD give me a seat not only in front directly of the musical stage but sometimes in the center of this stage with musicians around me...
Then the difference exist bertween the 2 types of speakers yes but you can acoustically and you must acoustically use the room acoustic settings to compensate and adapt FOR these 2 different types of speakers needs...
I will repeat something:
We never listen WITH and THROUGH an audio system but we listen WITH and THROUGH to the room specifically controlled and adapted to the chosen speakers linear or point-wise one...And when rightly done point wise or linear speakers even if being different can give an extraordinary experience... It is all up to the specifically acoustic treatment but active mechanical control we need to...
I think if you feel point wise speaker just like you just describe: back seat listening, your room acoustic is done wrong or your box speakers are very mediocre....Or the two....
The way line source speakers image is distinctly different. Point source speakers create a small image even if they are huge speakers. It is like sitting at the back of the concert hall. Line source speakers create a large image, like sitting up front. Some people think it is larger than life.