Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording?

whitestix

Two that come to mind are the above-mentioned Linkwitz LXmini's (where the sweet spot exists pretty much everywhere in the room)"

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I am not sure it is possible with a traditional cone and dome type speaker.  As many have pointed out, mono recordings, etc... are going to simply radiate.  They are directional.  

A speaker that reflects off the room and uses the room to create your soundstage would be your best bet.  MBL probably would be your best option as it has a 360 degree radiation pattern but you will likely find that electrostats (martin logan), planar (maggies) and even some of the really excellent ribbon designs (Raidho) will be better at this than any cone and dome speaker I have heard.  

I own box 2-way speakers Mission Cyrus 781 and they never give me, before acoustic control and rightful  room treatment, a 3-D sound filling the room so much and so well not only the speakers disapear, but the room disapear also...

Then i feel an intimate proximity like in my 7 headphones to the sound unheard before my room tratment and ESPECIALLY my room controls after Helmoltz method...I put my headphones in a closet guess why?

ANY type of speakers can do this job , the most important factor will be the way you will succeed in controlling the room for the chosen  type of speakers...

ACOUSTIC CONTROL IS KEY NOT THE SPEAKERS TYPE CHOICES...

My best to you....

What I am talking about is that not only do the speakers disappear sitting in the sweet spot (for any music), but if I move a few feet in any direction , I still don’t hear the sound as originating from 2 boxes, just a wall (area?) of sound. Again just talking about disapearing (not localizing instruments)..

And if may be that those who have only heard typical box speakers have not experienced this (perhaps they wouldn’t like it). There is a reason omnis are popular (note though that Jay didn’t like the MBLs at recent show), The mirage bipoles (in phase front and rear drivers) were popular and I was surprised to find this in the LSA. box speakers(I assume because they are wide dispersion).

Not sure if Maggies, and open baffles have this quality or not.

There is a reason speakers other than low dispersion boxes are and will remain popular--changing sound radiating pattern (for better or worse-=your taste) is one thing unlike frequency response that only speakers (well and room treatments) can change.

And room treatments may ruin this--dunno.

 

Almost any speaker at any price when listening/speaker positions and room acoustics have been optimized.

The answer is no.