Some of the best imaging speakers I've heard are the Acoustic Research Holographic Imaging series.
No lie, those things could make a huge bubble and let you hear deep into the music. Best damned ARs I ever heard.
Some of the best imaging speakers I've heard are the Acoustic Research Holographic Imaging series.
The best imaging/soundstage that I've heard has come from speakers do that pull off constant directivity very well. Very good waveguide systems with constant coverage, for instance. The CBT arrays that Tom mentioned earlier are excellent examples. The Gedlee Summas were among the best I've heard, as well. Best yet, both of these speakers have excellent imaging and soundstage nearly anywhere in the room.
I'm guessing these?
The CBT arrays that Tom mentioned earlier are excellent examples of speakers with constant directivity without the waveguides.
And that array was designed by Don Keele, generally considered the father of the modern CD horn. Paul "EV King" Eizik and I heard them at the Axpona show a couple of years ago and the image was unusually stable regardless of your position in the room--you could walk up to them, around them, behind them and the image just kind of followed you around. They were most impressive. Keele's a sharp cookie.
I think many of the older large Infinity systems are better at soundstage than they are at imaging. Seems the OP has quite a list to choose from.:scratch2:
No lie, those things could make a huge bubble and let you hear deep into the music. Best damned ARs I ever heard.
minimus 7s, when on stands and away from walls, will suspend an incredible sound image