I have a pair of lowly JBL L5, 8 feet apart and hear point source imaging 8 feet outside the left speaker! Mind you it's when I play Roger Waters' 'Amused To Death'.That is primarily due to it being recorded in QSound.
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Can speakers of a certain high caliber can ....
can be bested by all these new guys saying they had a speaker that better than what's available. It is getting harder to believe. My own could use a good updating, but that's a singular instance. People still shell out money for golden age speaker's like the JBL Hartsfield. Admmitedly There is a collector element that plays a role in that