Soundstage - Too much?


Is there such a thing as too much soundstage? Should the width of the stage extend to the side walls in your listening room? How would you compare the soundstage in your system to live music?
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Showing 1 response by nilthepill

Inspite of knowing that there is no such thing as soundstage depth (but certainly left to right imaging spread) that real live music (for small group, jazz or quartet ), the effect certainly is desirable.It just seem that we are getting our money's worth. For a live Classical Orchestra there certainly is depth in real life, albeit not as deep as some systems manage, it is pleasant to have it all the same. Although on some recordings the pitch definition could be not as clear as what you would like. That is the cost of having unnatural, but desirable, soundstage. Even My Dunlavy V's manage extra-wide soundstage beyond sidewalls on certain recordings(buena vista social club for example), but it is rare in my case.