Sopra 2 soundstage height


Can the Sopra 2's give sufficient height to the soundstage?  Listened at a dealer and they were having problems.  Raked all the way back and vocals still sounded like they were coming from 4 feet high.  I wondered if that tilted mid driver was causing this.

Could Sopra 2 owners chime in on this?
emcdade

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Tweeters were at roughly seated height to my ears so it wasn't like chair was too tall or something.  I'm close to pulling the trigger on these but if they make Dan Bejar sound like a little person I'll pass.  I just figured it was a setup issue and surely people haven't been raving about these speakers with a 4' soundstage height.
Hard hard to imagine , yes.  Which is why I'm so concerned after hearing this in a well damped professional showroom being several feet away from any walls.
I was listening to Destroyer when I posted, haha.

The track we were playing that really accentuated this was Nine Inch Nails - Into the Void.  It has some crazy/phasey effects in it that are great to test soundstage depth and width and specificity.  Problem was Reznor sounded 3 feet tall.
Thanks for easing my concerns, they're ordered.  I don't think they liked the damped room and being so far from front wall.  They did not sound good with my electronics (NAD M12/M22) or the Moon 340i. They did sound pretty good with an AVM integrated.  I've got a budget solution to try out first while I get my gear sold (Vincent 236 MK).  Seems like it'll be a good match and soften the treble a bit which I prefer.  The moor expensive Sim gear and Accuphase are on my radar.
Since living with them they sound MUCH better in my listening room than they did in an overdamped room.  They feel like they're tailored for a real living space.

They are very amp dependent and this will definitely show up in soundstage width, height, and depth.

The BEST amp I've found after a lot of auditions was the Perla Audio Signature 50.  There are too many superlatives to list but you get the very spacious soundstage with startling image specificity and body, along with great tone color and timbre.  These two are a match made in heaven and it probably gets even better with their pre and monos.  

No no problems with soundstage height with this pairing.

Also to previous poster, I have mine placed 3' off the back wall and measured bass at the preferred 3 db or so upward slope (pyschoacoustically nuetral).  It's well worth the $100 to get a mic to help with placement.