soundstaging is much more about your room acoustics (size, shape, control of reflective surfaces), speaker set-up, and the elimination of distortion than media types. certainly source electronics are also involved. the idea is that when system set-up is right, the music ceases to be heard as coming from speakers, it comes alive in your room. bad acoustics and poor speaker set-up and distortion (non-musical noises) localizes the music as coming directly from the drivers instead of being holographic.
and the best systems allow each recording to have a unique presentation for that recording as far as soundstage characteristics. if every recording has the same soundstage, that is not musical truth.
sure; tubes do bloom more than some solid state, but the overall system is more significant than the circuit design.
in my room with almost all solid state gear, i can get 180 degree wrap around soundstaging with the right CD files. even behind me to the sides with out of phase information on some recordings.
or......in a poor room with poor speaker set-up, the best soundstaging recordings or media (or tube gear) can be limited to between the speakers.
it’s about a good room and the care of system set-up mostly.....not even level of investment (or tubes in and of themselves) is that important to width of soundstage.
and the best systems allow each recording to have a unique presentation for that recording as far as soundstage characteristics. if every recording has the same soundstage, that is not musical truth.
sure; tubes do bloom more than some solid state, but the overall system is more significant than the circuit design.
in my room with almost all solid state gear, i can get 180 degree wrap around soundstaging with the right CD files. even behind me to the sides with out of phase information on some recordings.
or......in a poor room with poor speaker set-up, the best soundstaging recordings or media (or tube gear) can be limited to between the speakers.
it’s about a good room and the care of system set-up mostly.....not even level of investment (or tubes in and of themselves) is that important to width of soundstage.