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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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I remember a few decades back at a Chicago show, HSU had a pair of bookshelf speakers and a powered sub (or 2) in a very large room. It was pretty impressive. I came home and bought a pair of Reference 3As and tried 2 different Sunfire subs, but did not find them a good match for 2 channel HiFi. I sold both and bought several pairs of 3 ways and Maggie 3.5Rs.


Fast Forward to the present, I have a pair of Emerald Physics 3.4s (2 way with 12" concentric driver with 1" polyester tweeter) + a 10+ year old pair of SVS powered subs (the volume controls in their BASH plate amps are the weak link), BUT, is very enjoyable

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