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There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area

After listening to quite a few speakers, my conclusion is that if you want large enveloping soundstage, you need a lot of drivers.  

I once had a speaker with two 12in. drivers and the soundstage is just floating in the air.  None of my other speakers could do that.

Currently I have a pair of Thiel CS2.4.  It is a very good speaker but with small drivers there is really limitation to what it can do in term of soundstage size.  I really miss that.

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inna
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Speaking of soundstage, one 8" woofer can do it very well. It very much depends on electronics, including tubes. I had some vintage GE 12AX7 tubes in the preamp of VAC integrated when I bought it. Then I replaced them with vintage Mullard long plates. The difference was big in every element, and it wasn't really bad even with those GE. Tubes matter, a lot.

As for scale, dynamics and impact, well, that's different subject.

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