A question about soundstage.

[ob1]

Which is component in your system that most influence to a wide soundstage?

Preamp, poweramp, CDP, speakers or cables?

 

[Sastusbulbas]

I think a room that allows proper locating of speakers and allows them to "breath" makes the biggest influence.

 

[PAG]

Room, speakers and amp.

 

[ob1]

aham....room is not a choice from the list.

 

[wickfut]

I would go for speakers and their placement. I get imaging off 128kps mp3s from my pc

 

[Boxer]

PAG wrote:

Room, speakers and amp.

Wot Gusset said!

 

[rabski]

All of 'em to an extent, but changing speakers had the biggest effect.

Sorry, but I toothink you should have 'room' in the choices. IME makes more difference than anything else......

 

[Alex A]

Wide soundstage? i.e. beyond the outside edge of the speakers? Definately the speakers have the greatest influence on this.

Soundstage more generally can be quite significantly affected by any of the aforementioned components. What is most influential will be system/room dependant.

 

[Matt J]

Cant comment on room as I havent been round the house setting up the hi-fi in every room, jesus some of you are dedicated

So bearing in mind the above I'd say speaker then speaker positioning is most important.

 

[ob1]

Just been play with Conrad Johnson Poweramp (using Krell pre-out) and soundstage is a lot wider now than using krell on its own

.

I always thought speakers alone that made 3d soundstage but just been proving wrong by a power amp. (if it's a preamp then I wouldn't be so

)

BTW Just experimenting as i can't go no where today....flood alert and raining like cats and dogs out there!

 

[Alex A]

I wish I had a Conrad Johnson just lying around to experiment with on a rainy day

 

[dudywoxer]

sorry but I think its:_

speaker to room reaction

speaker's and placement

source

amplification

 

[A.N.]

room, speakers, amp, and the actual source recordings.

 

[ob1]

Alex_A wrote:

I wish I had a Conrad Johnson just lying around to experiment with on a rainy day

It's an older one and look a bit like your microwave krell

Very sweet sound indeed.

 

[early]

It's definately the room / speaker placement , as I've just found out .

We've had a change around in our front room , same speakers in the same room only

in a different position .

I once had a wide deep soundstage , now I haven't

.

 

[Alex A]

ob1971 wrote:

Alex_A wrote:

I wish I had a Conrad Johnson just lying around to experiment with on a rainy day

It's an older one and look a bit like your microwave krell

Very sweet sound indeed.

I don't have a microwave Krell. I have one of the later gun metal ones with big spikey heat sinks at the sides.

 

[Jim]

Anything. If the sound becomes clearer then the soundstage grows.

 

[Steveh]

I substituted a £350 CDP(from 2nd system) for my (main)£800 CDP.(amp/speakers same) The soundstage deteriorated substantially, becoming narrower with less depth.

 

[enbee23]

Alex_A wrote:

ob1971 wrote:

Alex_A wrote:

I wish I had a Conrad Johnson just lying around to experiment with on a rainy day

It's an older one and look a bit like your microwave krell

Very sweet sound indeed.

I don't have a microwave Krell. I have one of the later gun metal ones with big spikey heat sinks at the sides.

The microwave is mine.

Best sounding microwave on the planet