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Speaker size and soundstage

Question: for floor standing speakers, how does speaker size affect sound stage, bass response, and the depth of music?

I’m searching for a new speaker, and just tested Dynaudio Contour 30 against Tekton Electrons (16x18 room with cathedral ceiling). Tekton’s are bigger (48 vs 45 high, and 10 vs 8.5 wide, about the same depth) and had a much larger sound stage and greater dynamics and depth. Tekton’s as a rule are much bigger than most other brands, which can be imposing in a room, but the size must equate to a greater sound stage. 
But can a smaller tower be designed to achieve the same sound stage and bass depth of a bigger speaker? If so, what what speakers pull this off?
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You have gotten very good obervations;

Flat repsonse speakers, on and off axis
speaker repositioning. The record mixer was likely mixingat a nearfield, classical 30/30 deg traingle position
room character upsetting that flat speaker
head position aligned with the tweeter and/or mid intersection
first wall reflections along that same ear level blur the original image
near field = more direct orignally recorded clues and information versus more reflections from your room

I have had 7' 6" line arrays and stand mounted two ways. The points above make the image, not the speaker size. Who listens 6" from your ceiling?

And we aren't in control of the recording Mixer's sound field positioning. Sometimes they try to make that flute stretch 8 feet between your speakers??? 

Happy hunting.
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