Trade-off between soundstage vs. PRAT


I just received my Musical Fidelity Cd-Pre24 and notice that the soundstage is a little narrower than my previous setup, has obtained more depth. I've read from somewhere which says that upsampling tend to make soundstage narrower but increase depth. I don't know if this is true for most cd player.

Also, players that tend to have large soundstage usually gives up a little in the PRAT department.

Any comments?
andy2

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My system as followed:

VTL Deluxe 120 Mono
MF CD Pre24
Spendor S8
Harmonic Techc pro9+ and pro silwayII
PRAT actually stands for pace, rhythm, attack and timing.

But I think "timing" covers all others three.

It all has to do with how a speaker handles transient sound. There are usually three things associate with a note being played. First there is an initial attack, then the note lingers a little bit, then slowly decaying. Each speaker handles these differently -- some better than others.