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My first exposure to narrow face loudspeakers was Genesis Vs, which were slight of face + a separate powered sub with remote VC, and Polarity http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vandvi_brochure.pdf
I was also involved in the early days of Nearfield Acoustics Pipedream loudspeakers, and later the early days of Scaena Loudspeakers
Neither of these obscured the sound stage in any way, unless the system driving them was not up to it
My first exposure to narrow face loudspeakers was Genesis Vs, which were slight of face + a separate powered sub with remote VC, and Polarity http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vandvi_brochure.pdf
I was also involved in the early days of Nearfield Acoustics Pipedream loudspeakers, and later the early days of Scaena Loudspeakers
Neither of these obscured the sound stage in any way, unless the system driving them was not up to it