How tall do you like your images?


Just wondering, when you listen, do you like your stereo image to be at ear level, above, below, or do you like planars thanks to having a steady image no matter if you are standing or sitting?

erik_squires

I like, -who doesn't?- that the speakers disappear from the stage and obtain a centered and well-defined image behind them, adding several layers to separate instruments and voices.

My experience with line and planar sources is that the height is actually wherever my ears are.  That is, if I am sitting the music seems to be right in front of me, and the same standing up. 

Compare to a traditional system where the image remains between the tweets.

@avl1947 

"I like, -who doesn't?- that the speakers disappear from the stage and obtain a centered and well-defined image behind them, adding several layers to separate instruments and voices."

 Yes, we all like that, but the question is about image height.

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I like the sound to be higher. Like I’m at the concert and the performers are on the stage.

I like an image height that seems to reflect what I would expect the performance height to be.

For a couple examples:

On the title track of King Crimson's "Islands", there is a cornet that begins a couple of minutes into the track, that on my system, certainly sounds like it is at around 5' above ground. When I am sitting in my chair, the horn is definitely coming from above my ears.

Or, on Ralph Towner's great live album, "Solo Concert", his acoustic guitar seems to be right around the height of a person sitting on a stool. The guitar is coming from directly in front of me.