I dont have a dog in this fight since I am a home theater buff and dont have a 2 ch setup.
Recently I was speaker shopping at a Best Buy Magnolia and their set up is such that they can switch from amp to amp with a tap of a button.
I noticed increased sound stage depth and holographics each time we switched from a Marantz SR8015 to a McIntosh MA5300. Like a 20 percent perceived increase of depth. From that I concluded that sometimes electronics do matter for sound stage even in the solid state category.
Recently I was speaker shopping at a Best Buy Magnolia and their set up is such that they can switch from amp to amp with a tap of a button.
I noticed increased sound stage depth and holographics each time we switched from a Marantz SR8015 to a McIntosh MA5300. Like a 20 percent perceived increase of depth. From that I concluded that sometimes electronics do matter for sound stage even in the solid state category.