Soundstage - Too much?

Craig I would love to help you with your set up but I need to know two more things. Where is your chair and if you use a sub where is that?

Doug: Great point and I am still thinking out my reply.

Thanks PI, but my system is sounding great. My above post is a bit confusing. I got that big, bloomy, forward, diffuse soundstage only when I was auditioning the components listed above, and was wondering if anyone else has ever experienced that phenomenon. This condition happened with each of the items noted. I did not audition them all together, but individually. My listening position is at 9-9.5 ft., and I do not use a sub. Cheers. Craig.

craig, i can't say exactly *why* yure getting this effect, specifically w/those components inwolwed, but it woodn't surprise me that ewe could get more total *depth* w/any of 'em in yer system, if ya then start playing w/the speaker locations/sound treatment.

to me, these changes sound like a step in the right direction - even if ya dint like the immediate result of the increased forwardness, etc. playing w/the speaker positioning may wery vell get the soundstage back behind the speakers where ya like it, while *also* increasing the perception of depth further back past yer rear wall. yust a thought...

regards, doug

PerfectImage ... This maybe a little late but here goes. To get a better handle on what reflections really mean in the sound space take a look at what F.Alton Everst says later in his book. Start on page 298 in Chapter 16 "Sound Reflections in enclosed Spaces" and also again in Chapter 19 starting on page 343 through the end of the chapter. Pay particular attention to Table 19-2 and the formula for calculating the reflection level and the delay. Use this information in conjunction with Figure 16-4 and 19-6 from research conducted by Olive and Toole and I think things will become much clearer – no pun intended. The information in scattered a little in his book, but it is worth digging for – Cheers, Dan