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Is soundstage DEPTH a myth?

Ok, help me out fellas. Is it a myth or what?

I’m a good listener, I listen deep into the music, and I feel like I have good ears. But I can’t confirm that I can hear soundstage depth. I can hear 1 instrument is louder, but this doesn’t help me to tell if something is more forward or more behind. Even in real life and 2 people are talking, I can’t honestly say I know which one is in front.

The one behind will sound less loud, but is that all there is to soundstage depth? I think the answer I’m looking for has to do with something I read recently. Something about depth exist only in the center in most system, the good systems has depth all around the soundstage.

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Soundstage depth is real. I hear it on almost every recording. Except the lousy ones. For the record. I use Watson Labs Model 10 speakers. They are dipoles with subs.  My room is carpeted and  treated to minimize echo. I find more depth with dipoles than any other speaker.  I believe. But cannot prove. That depth is also a function of the distortion profile. Mostly even order harmonic distortion proveds more depth. I came to this conclusion adjusting the distortion profile on my 80 wpc  first watt v3 amps. This could explain why some say  tube amps give more depth... 

 

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