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uneven depth of soundstage

My system consits of Quad 988 electrostatic speakers, Eastern Electric Minimax preamp, Resolution Audio Opus21 cd player, Quicksilver V4 monoblocks. The sound stage is reasonably deep in the center, but as the stage widens it quickly moves to the front, ending in the plane of the speaker at the extreme left and right. Almost triangular rather than an arc. Not on all cd's. What is leading cause of this anomoly?Pre amp, interconnects or just source material. Ive noticed this phenomenon more on audiophile cd's like from Maple Shade
Your comments would be greatly appreciated. I am a novice trying to understand this hobby
nke

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herman
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Nsgarch is on the right track but adding that much absorption will tend to make your room sound dead.

If you treat the corners of the room with Eighth Nerve products you will hear a major change. They make the corners disappear sonically, in effect making your room appear to be larger. They are coming out with a second generation of this product soon but the ones on the website work very well for not much money.

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