Does everyone have the same definition of imaging? In audio terms, what doe that word mean?
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Imaging is not the strong suit of the motherload of horn speakers out there...But, there are some exceptions. You can go with the high end JBL/Everest line if you're not on a constrained budget....They are ok with imaging. But, if you are strapped for cash...You ever heard of JTR speakers? Typically, hometheater guys who also float on the audiophilia boat tend to get these. Nevertheless, these can image quite good in addition to slamming the living daylights out of you. They do look ugly as fk though (like most horn speakers). https://www.jtrspeakers.com/home-audio
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I had great dynamics but minimal imaging until I followed Jim Smith’s setup procedure for my Avantgarde Duo’s. Taking time to really try different, repeatable steps and moving away from the rear wall now gives a wide and deep soundstage. However, the imaging only really works in my listening spot. My wife enjoys music and likes listening with the system but isn’t at all interested in sitting in the sweet spot. Her view is that at a concert (blues/rock) you don’t hear pinpoint sources. However, she does like the dynamics and feeling of being at the venue that you can get with horns. |
I agree with @willgolf above: I welcome more info on 'imaging'. What exactly is it, and how do you test or listen for it? I understand that it has to do with the localization of instruments and voices in space, and maybe also with the speakers 'disappearing'. But how is it different from similar terms, like 'soundscape'? One reason I ask, is that imaging seems to be very different things in my sound systems. On the one hand, the floorstanders in my main rig are bipoles that fill the room with sound, very lively, but maybe not the last word in precision. On the other hand, the Arche Fr2 single driver speakers give a very sharp pinpoint type of sound picture - extremely different. My Nightowl headphones, also single drivers, give a third kind of picture, somewhere in the middle, but more like the floorstanders. I find that with these very different presentations, deciding what is 'best' is difficult. |
@linkoping perhape2 the Volti Razz: "....the stereo image projected by the Razzes was proportionately larger, and the musicians (and groups of musicians, including whole orchestras) seemed more real than with the Zus...." Stereophile here " ....to cast a wide and deep soundstage, even with their rear panels placed close against the wall (front porting helps here…). These speakers do a more than decent job of “disappearing” in spite of their size, Presentation of image was also considerably better than I would have suspected, with solo instruments or vocalists suspended in precise three-dimensional space within the soundstage ..." Part Time Audiophile here
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