All good questions.
Speaker placement will be crucial. I had to build some short rolling carts to put under a similar big heavy speaker. This allowed me to play with location as a step toward more 3D. I know what you mean about speaker localization and this is one avenue to reduce it.
You have a tube amp which can help also with a bit better soundstage. Have you tube rolled at all? Sometimes even a change of IC could make a difference.
One thing I ended up doing after trying many avenues to enhance dimensionality, was getting a Black Ice Foz tube buffer. It incorporates a single 12au7 tube into a box with a bass control knob and a soundstage/phase control knob. Look into the item... I found it did not detract in any way but allowed the subtle adjustment between more 'between the speakers' as a center fill or to a more 'outside the speakers' sort of sound depending on what the recording was like.
Many would say as another item in the signal path it would just degrade the output, but I haven't found that in this setup. It has been quite useful and a pleasure within the system.
Cheers,
RW
Speaker placement will be crucial. I had to build some short rolling carts to put under a similar big heavy speaker. This allowed me to play with location as a step toward more 3D. I know what you mean about speaker localization and this is one avenue to reduce it.
You have a tube amp which can help also with a bit better soundstage. Have you tube rolled at all? Sometimes even a change of IC could make a difference.
One thing I ended up doing after trying many avenues to enhance dimensionality, was getting a Black Ice Foz tube buffer. It incorporates a single 12au7 tube into a box with a bass control knob and a soundstage/phase control knob. Look into the item... I found it did not detract in any way but allowed the subtle adjustment between more 'between the speakers' as a center fill or to a more 'outside the speakers' sort of sound depending on what the recording was like.
Many would say as another item in the signal path it would just degrade the output, but I haven't found that in this setup. It has been quite useful and a pleasure within the system.
Cheers,
RW