How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?

Hey, if you know what you’re doing for the most part and you don’t have five thumbs on each hand, if you persevere and have a little bit of luck you can have it all. But soundstage is not black and white, it’s not as if you either have it or you don’t. There are degrees of soundstage, you’ll know it when you hear it. You can even get air, maybe, if you’re real lucky. If you can achieve a wide, deep and high transparent soundstage chances are pretty good everything else will follow, detail, tone, dynamics, frequency extension. Maybe air.

@orpheus10 So you are saying that great soundstage is the end product of what everyone is after in regard to hi-fi audio? That seems odd....since not everyone here agrees with you. Maybe they should have their high end audiophile cards revoked.

But then I guess there is the possibility that some of us.....maybe even me.....have great "holographic soundstage" and just don't get all that excited about it? 

Nah.

not very

Chris, you can tell by the responses that since they've never heard it, and never had it; they really don't know what it is.

We can talk about an elephant all day long, but until you have actually seen one up close and personal, you only have a vague concept of what an elephant is.

orpheus 10,

 Why would I have started this thread if I hadn’t experienced holography?
That doesn’t make sense.
I’m sure you have strived hard to achieve it.
You just can’t accept the fact that it isn’t the holy grail to a lot of people