Limited soundstage between speakers


No matter what the source, the soundstage in my system remains within the width of the speakers. I read with envy of systems which extend the soundstage outside the speaker boundaries. Is this a problem with my speakers, amplification, room boundaries or something else?

What change should I make to improve the soundstage?

gyrodec/shelter 501/exposure 3010s2d/ spendorA6

 

rrm

Showing 2 responses by carlsbad

99.9% of music should appear between or at the speaker.  That's just physics.  There could be room reflections causing the appearance of sounds outside the speakers but that would be unfortunate.  As mentioned, using out of phase recordings can cause a sound to appear outside the speaker span. 

Roger Waters amused to death has a few such recordings.  Try listening to that ans you should hear some sounds outside the span of the speakers. 

Jerry

@mahgister I didn't read your manifesto but I hope he isn't just suffering from bad reflections.  I did address that in my original post. --Jerry