I agree with a LOT of the above comments but would also add this to the conversation:
Electronics / cabling have more to do with "spaciousness" and the "disappearing act" than you might think.
I have a set of large 4 way / 5 driver towers that have always come across as being exactly what they are: LARGE boxes. I swapped components and cables in this system MANY times and always ended up with a very specific left / right image. Like most others, i simply attributed it to the large baffle area and overall size of the speaker cabinet.
Out of curiousity and a bit of necessity, i swapped a preamp into that system that i had never tried there before. WHAM !!! I had air, spaciousness, detail, warmth, body, projection of imagery WELL out into the room, etc... ALL of the "musical terms" that you read about and hope to achieve some day. Needless to say, i was ecstatic and it taught me a WHOLE bunch about "system synergy"!!! I knew that i really had something when my brother, who was standing next to me some 25+ feet directly off to the side of the speakers as i was listening to Diana Krall's "Love Scenes" said "man, it literally sounds like we are at a live performance and she's out there in the middle of the room. Listen to that stand-up bass". I don't think that my smile could have fit in any "wide angle" lens if someone was taking pictures : ) Sean
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Electronics / cabling have more to do with "spaciousness" and the "disappearing act" than you might think.
I have a set of large 4 way / 5 driver towers that have always come across as being exactly what they are: LARGE boxes. I swapped components and cables in this system MANY times and always ended up with a very specific left / right image. Like most others, i simply attributed it to the large baffle area and overall size of the speaker cabinet.
Out of curiousity and a bit of necessity, i swapped a preamp into that system that i had never tried there before. WHAM !!! I had air, spaciousness, detail, warmth, body, projection of imagery WELL out into the room, etc... ALL of the "musical terms" that you read about and hope to achieve some day. Needless to say, i was ecstatic and it taught me a WHOLE bunch about "system synergy"!!! I knew that i really had something when my brother, who was standing next to me some 25+ feet directly off to the side of the speakers as i was listening to Diana Krall's "Love Scenes" said "man, it literally sounds like we are at a live performance and she's out there in the middle of the room. Listen to that stand-up bass". I don't think that my smile could have fit in any "wide angle" lens if someone was taking pictures : ) Sean
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