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What affects front to back depth in room/ system?

I've been moving speakers around for a while now trying to maximize their placement for a happy balance of soundstage width, focus of center image, vocal height, instrument placements, etc. I want to get the speaker placement settled before acoustically treating the room. The room is 15x20 with 8' ceilings. Speakers are setup along the 20' wall. I'm pretty happy with most aspects of the sound, but what I can't seem to figure out is how to improve the depth. Honestly, I'm not sure if what I'm after is attainable to begin with. Is it possible to have depth that reaches the listening position in a 2.2 channel sound system? The depth behind the speakers is great, just not much in front of them- unless it's one of those songs that has a part where it has that inverted phase trick. Then it washes over me. I want that all the time. Any feedback and advice is appreciated. 

veerossi
veerossi OP
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Meow?

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benanders
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tomic601

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u r chasing u tail….if your system can do it on a recording but not others….

This is correct (hence my previous comment about soundstage being largely recording- / master-dependent.

I’d find other well-performing systems to play my preferred files on for comparison before altering my system. If 90% of what you listen to has a soundstage you prefer on your system, I suspect you are near the lead of the audiophile curve. Some recordings just won’t permit it.

Plenty of anecdotal accounts where using DSP to focus stereo imaging had a reductive effect on soundstage size, just FYI.

8th-note
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@veerossi 

The BSG QOL originally retailed at $4K. They show up used once in a while for around $800 to $1K.

mihorn
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magnuman

mihorn, I wish you would have named the system that that singer is singing on it sounds very natural even through my phone I can hear how nice it is.

My system consists Oppo 95 (modded), Bakoon int. amp (modded), and Wavetouch audio speaker with Wavetouch cables. Here the system video. Alex/WTA

wolf_garcia
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Soundstage depth is accomplished by a recording mixer by using relative volume level adjustments on isolated or semi-isolated instruments, and width is from panning from the middle outwards. That's it. Vibration controlling silliness or room reflection worries are minor or irrelevant.

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