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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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@jon_5912 

I also have an 18" Velodyne subwoofer.  The cone excursion is servo controlled in a real feedback loop, right where it matters.  The Velodyne blends in superbly so I only become aware of it when particularly low notes play!

@jsalemo277

Speakers like the KEF Reference series produce huge volumes for their size, in part because they use aluminium for the voice coils.  Aluminium is 4 times more conductive than copper, weight for weight.

I am convinced that to get a great soundstage, you cannot go past apparent single point speakers, like KEF, Fyne, later Quad electrostatics, Tannoy ...

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