Even for intimate recordings were the voice is put in front, you get more space beside and behind. This give the music a more intimate and tangible image. This is how a voice or instrument is being experienced in real as well.
Intimate sound is a part of Tru-Fi. And is based on how instruments and voices are being projected and formed.
A friend of mine had a concert room with a Steinway grande piano. It was a room for about 60 people. Here I learned how small and direct voices and instruments are. And also how important the space around voices and instruments are.
When you compare amps, sources and loudspeakers with eachother the differences between how the stage is being build is huge.
We are also dealer of Stillpoints and yess they create a wider and deeper soundstage. But there are many different things to create a wider and deeper stage.
Our Statement Audio Pro-measurement creates also a much wider and deeper soundstage. It creates a better phase.
Many of my clients use the word; addictive for the 3-Dimensional stage. At the end it is a part, but in highend an important part to distinguish from hifi stereo.
I visited jazz concerts with a stunning level in stage depth and diversity in height of the instruments. This made a big impression on me. This is how I want an audio system to build a stage.
When you work more accurate you will create more stage depth, width and height. These days we work at 0.5mm precision. It makes a difference!
We have ideas to use conservatorium students for audio presentations to show people what intimate sound means and does. And to show them how small and direct sound is.