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How high is your soundstage?

I have been having a lot of trouble getting my soundstage to sound the way I like it. Almost all of the systems I have heard generates a soundstage that is 1-5ft above the speaker itself. I really like this as it helps to make the speakers disappear. Sound seems to come from behind and to the sides of the speakers. Everytime I hear my friend's setup, I go home frustrated. In my setup, the soundstage is right at the tweeter level. To me, too much music is coming directly from the speakers. I do not hear anything behind or to the sides of speakers. In other words, my soundstage is narrow and shallow! I have tried a lot of different speaker/sitting positions to no avail. Nothhing I do raises the soundstage. I am pretty sure its my room.

So out of curiosity, I would like to know how high is your soundstage? Is it at tweeter height or above? If above, how much above?
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viper_z
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Strange, a speaker of that caliber should not have any problem with soundstage. I have a much smaller room and yet my speakers ($5.5k /pr) disappears like nobody else. My soundstage is between 1.5ft to 3ft high above the tweeter. The sound appears to come from everywhere except the speakers. It really has to do with speaker placement and room treatment.

Check out the layout of my room here:
http://www.audiocircle.com/gallery/albums/userpics/49166/Room_Layout.jpg

I think more bass trap / acoustic panels will help.
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tboooe OP
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viper_z, thanks for the link though I do not see anything when I click on it.
gmood1
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Chesky Jazz Sampler & Audiophile test CD Vol 1.
viper_z
95 posts
 
Tboooe,
Click on "system" beside my signature then you'll see the room layout.

Keep experimenting..:)
cdc
1,664 posts
 
Thanks to phase shift, my B&W's pushed the soundstage "up". Now that i have full-range (for me) single driver with no phase shift sound comes from the speaker. Sighh, the price to pay for accuracy.
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