Speakers that disappear

Whether or not your speakers disappear is system dependent.
My speakers lost that quality for a number of years.
I recently repaired/upgraded the electronics: amps, preamp, phonostage.
They disappeared again. 😊

The room may be the most important thing.

put Vandersteen on your listening list

I have a pair of Magnepan MMG, Vandersteen 2 and Mofi Sourcepoint 8 all in my living room, hooked up to the same McIntosh amplifier (using a switch-box).

ALL three pair do the disappearing act . . .  but the listening chair had to be moved forward or backward slightly, and the speakers are (obviously) at different positions within the room. It's all about your room (mine is half-treated), the speakers' placement, and the seating position relative to those speakers.

WHY do I have so many different speakers? Each presents the stereo image differently and I switch monitors based on the recording I am playing.

re: brummgon: I saw a relevant interview with Richard Vandersteen recently, in his opinion the speakers with the largest sweet spot are the ones with the worst phase accuracy, and they can't do pin-point imaging as a result. This is why his designs are not dipole or omnipolar.