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Vandersteen 5s and Revels

Any system with time alignment of the drivers, lack of front panel diffraction artifacts, and proper placement to avoid early coherent reflections, can out-perform Maggies in creation of a spooky-real 3-D sound-stage. Maggies have too much distance between the driver sections to achieve this kind of alignment.

The all-time best speakers for 3-D sound-stage audible anywhere in the listening room are the Beveridge Models 2 and 2-SW. The Dali Megalines come close.

However, there are always trade-offs. I can't stand the midrange distortion present in the Vandersteens, for example. The Beveridges are limited in loudness. The Dalis are out of my price range. My sideways MG-20s create a nice sound-stage, and are more revealing than I can determine, after years of experimentation on amplifiers and AC noise.

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