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uneven depth of soundstage

My system consits of Quad 988 electrostatic speakers, Eastern Electric Minimax preamp, Resolution Audio Opus21 cd player, Quicksilver V4 monoblocks. The sound stage is reasonably deep in the center, but as the stage widens it quickly moves to the front, ending in the plane of the speaker at the extreme left and right. Almost triangular rather than an arc. Not on all cd's. What is leading cause of this anomoly?Pre amp, interconnects or just source material. Ive noticed this phenomenon more on audiophile cd's like from Maple Shade
Your comments would be greatly appreciated. I am a novice trying to understand this hobby
nke

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nsgarch
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Your "good" CD's are more phase coherent, which in your case, is working against you -- because you have dipole speakers which are (I'm guessing) fairly close to the side walls? but pretty far out (> 3ft) from the rear walls? you may be getting cancellation around the outside edges of the speakers -- more pronounced with well-engineered recordings.

If I guessed right, then what you need is more absorption (drapes, blankets, absorbent panels) going about 6ft each way from the two back corners (behind the speakers) of the room.
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nsgarch
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William7: Good call!! I would never have been able to make that great suggestion because I don't know much about that (Minimax) component. Carrecting the phase might be a very important fix, expecially when using dipole speakers!!. I'm impressed.
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