When my room was done , my first one, with many resonators distributed. the soundstage was around me. No shouting at all , it was not a singer surging from the center forwrd as suggested by the word "shouting" it was immersive soundstage all around my listening position beside me and sometimes almost behind me and with depth behind the speakers it is related to the recording trade-off .
With no more distribute grid of Helmhotz resonators i did not have this at this level in my actual smaller room in a basement....
In near field my small active speakers gave me the more in between image and depth from behind the speakers, sometimes with good recording a more immersive one though but not at the level of my past bigger room at all...Anyway for the low price and well embedded in the room this system is satisfying.
With headphone the TOP AKG K340 i had the impression i am there, and even with some recording the impression speaker like and out of the head that the musicians are in my room ...
Stereo system Crosstalk impede the spatial attributes of sound as it is recorded it is well explained by the genius acoustician Edgar Choueiri...