A deeper more holographic soundstage.


I was wondering by what means you have created a deeper soundstage. I am satisfied with the width but I really feel it is a bit 2 dimensional. It doesn't go back far enough. I like more layers of sound that reach towards you from the blackness.
As I've already spent quite a bit on my system I am unable to buy much more expensive components.
Did you upgrade one component that made the difference? Placement of speakers? New footers or tweaks such as Stillpoints?
Two subs instead of one(I have one)? Different placement of subs? I am working with a very tight space so it is difficult to move things without them being in the center of the room.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
roxy1927
What speakers do you have @snarfie23? That almost look like something is broken. It is not a suck out, but a total shelving between about 220Hz if I am reading it correctly.
Well, rather than insulting folks who choose to place their equipment between their speakers
Only if you stare at it, in wonderment of what you bought, instead of focusing on the music.

Cheers George
While most all stereo recordings have good imaging left to right, a lot of them are fairly compressed front to back. There was even for a time Phil Spector's famous "wall of sound". Only a relatively small share of recordings have a lot of depth. So first of all make sure you aren't trying to put legs on a snake.  

That said, the first thing that will improve depth is to toe the speakers in so they are more directly at you. First assuming of course they are absolutely equidistant, level, and symmetrical. Then the more in they are the greater the sense of depth.

The next thing that will help create a superb sense of depth is Schumann generators. The dirt cheap circuit boards on eBay work great. I'm running 7 now and probably will add a couple more. Got mine Make Offer $10! No idea what or how these damn things do it but the improvement in space and depth and just an overall more natural palpable presence is amazing.

Another one I haven't tried yet but has a lot of very credible fans is super-tweeters like Townshend makes. They are on my list for this coming year. Townshend Pods, Cable Elevators, tubes, and turntables, whole lot of things upstream contribute, as well as downstream in the room. But mostly its recording, toe, Schumann, super-tweeter.  

Some of these ideas like equipment between the speakers, they might be confusing focus with depth. Yes anything between especially if its reflective will diminish the solidity or focus of placement. But as far as depth itself is concerned, red herring. I've heard systems crammed right against the wall with a rack across the full space between the speakers that threw a stage extending way back beyond the wall. This was in fact the very Linn system that hooked me into analog. So again, upstream stuff like analog and tubes does indeed contribute to depth.

The entire system needs to be capable. The recording needs to be capable. The listening venue, speaker positioning needs to be capable. Whoever sets up the system, needs to be capable.

Speakers are the messenger for the rest of the system.

All good suggestions but before you do anything else, make sure you disengage your eyes from the equation. Turn out the lights and listen in pitch blackness. If that isn't practical, close your eyes and leave them closed.