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Sopra 2 soundstage height

Can the Sopra 2's give sufficient height to the soundstage?  Listened at a dealer and they were having problems.  Raked all the way back and vocals still sounded like they were coming from 4 feet high.  I wondered if that tilted mid driver was causing this.

Could Sopra 2 owners chime in on this?
emcdade
emcdade OP
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Tweeters were at roughly seated height to my ears so it wasn't like chair was too tall or something.  I'm close to pulling the trigger on these but if they make Dan Bejar sound like a little person I'll pass.  I just figured it was a setup issue and surely people haven't been raving about these speakers with a 4' soundstage height.
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emcdade OP
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Hard hard to imagine , yes.  Which is why I'm so concerned after hearing this in a well damped professional showroom being several feet away from any walls.
toneranger58
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I have the Sopra 2's paired with Simaudio 700i. Huge soundstage, room filling vocals, when the artists intent was to have a huge soundstage. Can and will be more narrow and focused when the artist recorded that way. The speakers are very representative of how the material was recorded.

What Dan Bejar song (Destroyer album or TNP?) are you referring to I will give it a listen and let you know how the soundstage and vocal height is on my system.

I have had my Sopra's a year now, they get better with mileage and continue to improve, at about 350 hours now I would guess. Have read they need over 400 to settle in nicely. They sound amazing now and much better than when they were delivered (although sounded very good when delivered, but tight). They also love the Simaudio 700i (what a beast), however my Hegel 300 also worked very well with the Sopras.

Hope this helps.

emcdade OP
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I was listening to Destroyer when I posted, haha.

The track we were playing that really accentuated this was Nine Inch Nails - Into the Void.  It has some crazy/phasey effects in it that are great to test soundstage depth and width and specificity.  Problem was Reznor sounded 3 feet tall.
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