How competitive are you with your system?

YT video can p-up air and depth fine to me. I made 2 videos. One at 9pm (noisy power) and one at 1am (clean power). Therefore, I always records after midnight.

1am - My Favorite Picture of You

9pm - My Favorite Picture of You

Alex/Wavetouch audio

daveyf    @carlos269  I only offered the two old videos a~~~~~ soundstage definition would not be able to be picked up on a video,  

@daveyf Depth and width of soundstage is a function of the playback speakers as well as the system’s audio recording so yes that is one of the things, along with imaging, that is hard to assess from these system videos as you cannot 100% attribute it to the audio recording, but “air” is well communicated and discerned from system’s audio recordings shot from the listening position. The key is to be consistent with the speakers that you are listening to any two system videos on.

Money??? We don't need no stinkin' money.

For a couple cents worth of filament, I can 3D print spacers to go between the Heil reflectors and the bodies that will create a greater difference in sound than $$$ cables.

As it is, I just push the reflectors in tight and if you try to pull them back out a hair (and I do mean a hair) you don't necessarily get the spacing consistent top to bottom and between the left and right speaker.  This will take care of that.

And if I don't like what the spacing does, it's only a couple cents more to try it again at a bit different distance.

For me, this is what makes it a hobby as well as a source of relaxation.

@toddalin Agree. Tweaking and experimenting with what you have around to improve sound is a fun part of the hobby. I like building systems and I usually start with an idea in my head and then challenge myself to make it happen. The new systems concepts usually involve doing things smarter, against the grain, and counter the mainstream high end audio culture. When I started in this hobby in the 1980’s the audio scene was more like the DIY Audio Community and I find it hard to relate to what it has become, so many clueless participants with more money than brains who think they can achieve great sound by just paying for it. These days I feel more at home at DIYAudio and with custom built one-off and one-of a-kind components and systems than commercial offerings. I better stop ranting.

@mihorn   Sorry, but I do not hear depth or really image precision on your videos. Probably caused by the playback through my desktop system.