Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others?


Was watching a YouTube video comparing two Excellent class A amplifiers . the reviewer preferred, the one which threw a wider soundstage with the same set of speakers. Specified channel separation in db iis about the same in all quality amplifiers., so why does this happen?

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Showing 1 response by toddalin

As a monoral signal has no separation, by the same token, it would seem to me that an amp with better channel separation would throw a wider soundstage than one with poor separation.

BUT, perhaps a bit of out-of-phase channel crosstalk could make the image wider? 

Also, one would want both channels to be/track as identically as possible, to keep the soundstage from shifting about.  If a channel lacks what the other has, it can't really produce mono for a proper center image at that frequency/volume.  This would apply anywhere along the audio chain.