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Which speaker has the biggest sound stage?

I tried out a Magnepan 1.7 a couple months ago, and I am a bit shock by the sound stage of it. It just feel live music. Although the bass is a bit lacking, I really like the "be there" feeling.

So, my question is, does all planar speaker (electrostatic, ribbon ... ) have such big sound stage? And with different brands and models, which one has biggest sound stage?

Specifically for Magnepan, the 3.6 is about $1000 more than 1.6. What are the major differences? and is it worth the extra money?
gte357s
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
Well, My Apogee speakers are on a 25' wide wall.....and they fill in between (the image), and the outside area with sound that is as wide as the room.

Funny......if you walk up to one of the speakers while it is playing, you really can't localize the sound. (nothing like box speakers).

Dave
theaudiotweak
2,774 posts
 
I have box speakers that are out of the box with wall to wall and floor to ceiling staging... Caravelle's they are. Stand mounted in a room that measures 21.5 by 27 by 9. The way to achieve this performance is with resonance grounding a method of vibration control that does not squander the dynamics like that of bearings and sand and rubber bladders or carbon fiber or plastic or mdf or for that matter flat feet. This method is applied to all my components as well as to some of the room boundaries.
Tom
efner
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Gallo 3.5
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raytheprinter
1,234 posts
 
Analysis Audio,Speakers have a room filling soundstage.When I heard them,they
did everything very well!I am very surprised they are not very well known!
Tom,I would like to hear about anything you have done ,as far as
upgrading,tweaking your Caravelles. I still love mine!!!Ray
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