Widening Soundstage

Sorry Musicfile, I should have paid more attention. Guess I was ogling those Sason's a bit too much to read further :)

That being said I agree with Bobby P. Even though the manufacturer of my speakers recommends significant toe-in (45 degrees) so the signal crosses about 2' in front of the listener, I don't have the space to do that. If you look at my system you will see I have positioned my speakers so there is no toe-in and this did indeed widen sound stage.

One other thing. If you do decide to play with the toe-in (or wall to speaker distance for that matter), try making your movements in 1/8" increments. You'd be surprised how much difference there can be in such small movements.

clio09,
every tweeter has a different radiation pattern. from what i could see the speakers mf has have a soft dome tweeter. most if not all soft domes are designed to be hotter on axis to present a wider radiation pattern off axis. imho, they sound better off directly on axis and usually have flatter response this way too. toed in to the listener brightest and most focused in the hf with a more compressed perspective of depth. toed out to the right and left of the listener better broadband focus and a more continuous sound with a wider stage. vastly superior layering too.
try this for yourselves.
my speakers come with a 10% off axis alignment tool.
best,
b

Wow Thanks for the input ..I have a bit of reading to do

First off I've been experimenting with various speaker postioning and found the following

Posioning the speakers with no toe in definitely widens the soundstage but at the expense of imaging

I have measured the room and it's fairly even for bass response and mid range except for a 12db null at 80hz
The bass from time to time is not as quick as I would like it and would like it a bit tighter

Also, not sure if it's clearly visible in pictures but my staircase to the left really creates an imbalance for imaging expecially since it's so close to the listening positon.

For those reading please come the suggestions coming ln light of the additonal information provided

Yes, I saw the staircase as perhaps the biggest issue.

If all else fails, I still think you should consider trying omnis in that room in particular.