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Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc??

Hi Everyone,

I am not trolling, I genuinely am interested in your experiences.


When listening to a system you feel images well, how do you perceive the sound stage? Do you perceive it as a rectangular space on which the speakers sit, or does it sound like an arc, going further back towards the middle?


Please give examples with music and speakers if you have the time.


Thanks,
Erik
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don_c55
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Soundstaging should not be a line or an arc!

It should be ‘beyond the walls’ and with three dimensional individual images.
Not flat ‘paper cut outs’ staggered in space.

Best enjoyed in a dimly lit room, in the right psychological mood, with sonic clarity of good equipment.

It may be realistic or totally fantasy, depending on type of music.

The best speakers for big, realistic soundstage, are big panels (Magnepan or electrostatic), that focus the sound to a "sweet spot" like a lens.
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