Widening Soundstage

Yes, it does !

it's a bit early to comment but at the moment it does definitely sound better and i've managed to widen the soundstage.

Will listen some more and report back

Thanks for all your helpfull input
Pat

Pat- Looking at your pix, it seems to me that you are listening near field, where, I would guess (I'm no psycho-acoustician) that soundstage width would inevitably suffer when compared to imaging. It is just a guess and I am glad that you are getting more of what you want.

Yes you're correct Swampwalker
This is a nearfield setup
I have the speakers set up in an equalteral triangle of 6'8" from middle of the speakers and slightly toed in
The room is approx 11x18
Imaging is not an issue unless I spread them way apart ..something I can't do even I would like to

Try a mono center speaker bleeding the signal from the left and right channels. You will need a mono amp and speaker with similar quality as your stereo setup. You will be surprised what you have been missing when you gradually turn up that center speaker. It's like realizing that you have a blind spot in your field of view that you've had all your life but never knew it until you did the simple sight test to demonstrate the empty area. Once you have the center speaker, you will be able to separate the other two and widen your sound stage.

Redwoodgarden
That's a good suggestion and certainly different
I appreciate your "out of box" thinking