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Strange Klipsch thing

I stopped by a local shop this afternoon because the guy had recently set up a two channel room. At the moment he's carrying Cary amps - which I use at home - and Klipsch speakers. He had an SLI-80 integrated run through the big Klipschorn speakers placed in the corners. What I heard was an enormously wide soundstage with exceptional image height, BUT, the whole thing sounded like it was being projected onto a perfectly flat wall. Not so much as a shred of stage depth. Is this fairly common with Klipsch speakers? It really seemed like an odd effect. Not my cup of tea at all.
grimace
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russ69
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Your experience is the same as mine but on the other hand my Maggies fire half of their energy to the back wall. Is that re-creating image depth or just creating one? I like both presentations but some music sounds better on one speaker than the other and vice-versa.
Reflected sound is a personal preference. You have to decide how much reflected sound you like. If you don't like reflected sound, direct radiators will have the least amount of it.
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joeinid
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I have a pair of Cornwall III's and for the money these things are amazing. They are pretty much flat against the wall and pretty far apart and fill my room with music. I REALLY like these speakers and think they sound best with tubes.
unsound
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I would offer for consideration, that having speakers close to the wall compromises their opportunity to present the imaging that is on the recording.
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johnk
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Unsounds right.... hey post enough and you to can get lucky.
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mapman
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Yep, distance from rear wall and associated reflected sound is needed to create imaging depth.

mbl omni's set up accordingly do this to the max.

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