Speaker placement, but you have to have a room that allows a good placement. While I've been able to achieve excellent horizontal image placement and a very wide sound stage in a small room, getting great depth has, for me, required that speakers be positioned more than a couple feet from the front wall. Six or seven feet into the room works very well. I've also found that dipole speakers (planars or open baffle) tend to provide more image depth than monopoles.
What would you say is THE MOST important factor to good imaging?
Experience has taught me that hardware is critical, but of course so are the room/treatments, the speakers themselves,and the recording's engineering/mastering quality.
But I would have to say that the biggest influence is the room, with speakers and mastering a close second...
What do you say?
Michael
But I would have to say that the biggest influence is the room, with speakers and mastering a close second...
What do you say?
Michael