Looking for wider soundstage

@mijostyn

+1

I spent nearly forty years pursuing planar speakers. I loved the ethereal sound… but the power requirements and shortcomings in other aspects made me change directions. I listened to a lot of really amazing speakers, each with great characteristics… Wilson, Magico, B&W…. But Sonus Faber had an incredibly real organic sound to them.

I am now on my third pair of Sonus Faber… upgrading twice. I can’t even begin to explain you how happy I am with them. In particular, when paired with Audio Research equipment. The sound is so seductive, I could care less about more detail… although my system is incredibly detailed… it has such an emotional connection, it is hard to imagine a better system. Ever though I have heard systems of much greater cost, with greater imaging and slam.

The photos help… what about your sitting position? It all matters.

Looking at photo. Again nice system.

I would have to say your setup is the limiting factor

13’ is too big a triangle… typically you would want 6 - 9’ between the speakers and the listening location. So an equilateral triangle. Also having your equipment in between your speakers and no absorbent material behind your system is probably a problem.

Honestly, it is not uncommon that systems are limited when put in common areas. If you can’t modify your setup. Is it possible to use a smaller dedicated place wher you can put tube traps and wall hangings where you want? If you can do what is needed you can do some amazing things.

More photos more better.

Nice system. You might add some photos of your system under your UserID… lots of time these questions end can be helped by setup.

For instance, my system’s soundstage was enormously improved by adding absorption behind and toe in adjustment of my speakers. You can see photos of my system under my ID.