*Thanks for watching! Please share with me what enhanced your soundstage and imaging in your system!* support Vincent's Songe on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1669379432/songe-le-violoncelle-au-coeur-dune-reverie Gear that has great soundstage: Pontus 15th R-2R DAC Review: th-cam.com/video/O3gBknWll2I/w-d-xo.html Aric Motherlode Xl Tube Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/Ai5urd_KoU8/w-d-xo.html Choc Emei integrated amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/sy9hFTEsiAQ/w-d-xo.html Galion TSA75 Amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/-cUgWRojb30/w-d-xo.html Billie Amp MK2 hybrid integrated amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/44tqCBl6piU/w-d-xo.html NAT Transmitter tube monobock Review: th-cam.com/video/UwMy6yVb-Lg/w-d-xo.html Gear that has great imaging: Eversolo DMP A10 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/i0C4jNStH1A/w-d-xo.html Orchard Audio Starkrimson Class D amplifier: th-cam.com/video/mf9w6ihQ-1U/w-d-xo.html Eversolo DMP A8 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/FaVAJCHXHdc/w-d-xo.html Eversolo DMP A6 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/ESZxMDxapm0/w-d-xo.html Hegel H600 Integrated amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/Xk13XzfWSZ0/w-d-xo.html Room Acoustic Panels: (absorption) www.audioadvice.com/search?q=absorption+panels&sca_ref=7275805.QCc8U0jFw9XXQ (diffusion) www.audioadvice.com/search?q=diffusion+panels&sca_ref=7275805.QCc8U0jFw9XXQ Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayiyagi follow on Instagram: instagram.com/jays_iyagi/ follow on Facebook: facebook.com/jayiyagiofficial Follow soundstage take 2 reviews: th-cam.com/play/PLPOzvlhtSqn5xdc__ftuSt4Rxy_wm5Af0.html Speaker stands: amzn.to/3ssRhI3 Better speaker stands: solidsteel.it/my-product/ss-7-vintage-hi-fi-speaker-stands/ acoustic panels I use: ua-acoustics.com/ acoustic curtain: amzn.to/31d1zAM BDI Cabinet I use: bit.ly/2OJRwQQ amzn.to/3chBuFZ other BDI Cabinets: bit.ly/3ctxXV1 amzn.to/30bsUCH my fav hifi tweaks: (Isoacoustics devices) amzn.to/3j5FGvM 0:00 Intro 2:00 What is Soundstage in Home Audio? 5:30 How Do You IMPROVE Soundstage in Home Audio? 8:23 What is Imaging in Home Audio? 10:35 How Do you IMPROVE Imaging in Home Audio? 12:24 Audiophile HiFi Tracks to Test Soundstage and imaging 12:53 Extra Tip: Acoustic Treatment For Soundstage and imaging 14:18 Extra Tip: Recording Matters!
Watching you for years now and I can honestly say this is one of your best videos. IMO - Teaching people “how” to listen, is the most important thing before teaching them what to listen to. And you did an excellent job here. Thanks!😉🤙🏽
From Jay's mouth to our ears comes this gospel (good news) of the importance of set up. gear synergy and the gear itself. Thank you Jay for your excellence guide. My own preference for great imaging and soundstage prioritizes quality Coaxial or point source speakers i.e KEF, MoFi, Fyne Audio; tube preamp; dark background powerful class AB amp i.e. Hegel; lastly but not least a fantastic dac that delivers world class micro details and retains lushness and body or the music. By far the most important is the quality of the recording itself, if it doesn't have great soundstage and imaging within the recording you will never hear it. Basically I'm a disciple (follower) of the exact guidance you've given us.
One thing audiophiles sometimes overlook in their quest for perfect sound is tweaking the wrong "system"-their own ears. That's where a little professional help can go a long way. Getting ear irrigation done by an audiophile-friendly audiologist (yes, they exist!) can work wonders. Think of it as a personal "system refresh." Suddenly, the soundstage feels wider, there's air between the instruments, and the music just breathes better. It's like upgrading your speakers without spending a dime on hardware-just your very own organic listening gear.
Probably important to mention the benefits of reducing vibrations / resonances coming from your speakers and subwoofers. Using isolation feet (such as IsoAcoustic pucks) significantly helps make speakers “disappear” into the soundstage, rather than the music just coming from the speakers
My experience, the sound at most concerts is rather poor. I expect better sound at home. I like the idea of three dimensional sound, but I’m not sure if a live concert is the reference standard that we want to emulate.
Nice video, Jay! I wonder if newer audio enthusiasts would understand soundstage better if they knew a little more about how and why there even is a soundstage in recordings. That what we are unlocking are the spatial aspects that microphones pick up in the recording process and the mix that engineers create in building a soundstage within the mixing process. That a soundstage is instruments and sounds captured captured or created within space. Proper setup of your system can unlock what is there in the recording, such as distances of instruments from microphones, distance between instruments, the aspects of the recording space and the size or reflective nature it has. Proper setup can unlock these spatial aspects in the recording and reproduce the space in front of and around you in your room. Engineers can manipulate and enhance the elements of space within the recording by way of controlling how soft or loud aspects of the recording are to better create the illusion of a soundstage and the images within it. Not all music is recorded naturally though and many sounds are created by electronics and here again engineers can create a soundstage of sounds by placing them almost like objects in space with layers of information and phase manipulation to create a three dimensional soundstage of elements. I think when people understand the recording process and production process it helps them understand what it is they are trying to unlock.
Nicely done Jay…..your ability to articulate the differences and how to achieve soundstage and imaging was informative. Especially like that you didn’t try to create one solution fits all.
I have moved away from Soundstage and think in terms of Soundspace. This is where the original recording characteristics fills the entire listening room. Width, Depth, Height of the recording characteristic replaces the listening room characteristics. One example of Soundspace over Soundstage is noise at the start or end of a recording. It should fill the entire listening room, including behind the listener. This will normally be flat or 2 1/2 Dimensional in a Soundstage. Also having a Soundstage behind the speakers is an outdated experience in my mind.
Please, cut this marketing BS! No matter how well you imagine it, if the soundstage is recorded well you will hear it, and if it is not recorded well, you will also hear it. All depends on your room, gear, setup, and most importantly the quality of the recording.
*Thanks for watching! Please share with me what enhanced your soundstage and imaging in your system!*
support Vincent's Songe on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1669379432/songe-le-violoncelle-au-coeur-dune-reverie
Gear that has great soundstage:
Pontus 15th R-2R DAC Review: th-cam.com/video/O3gBknWll2I/w-d-xo.html
Aric Motherlode Xl Tube Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/Ai5urd_KoU8/w-d-xo.html
Choc Emei integrated amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/sy9hFTEsiAQ/w-d-xo.html
Galion TSA75 Amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/-cUgWRojb30/w-d-xo.html
Billie Amp MK2 hybrid integrated amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/44tqCBl6piU/w-d-xo.html
NAT Transmitter tube monobock Review: th-cam.com/video/UwMy6yVb-Lg/w-d-xo.html
Gear that has great imaging:
Eversolo DMP A10 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/i0C4jNStH1A/w-d-xo.html
Orchard Audio Starkrimson Class D amplifier: th-cam.com/video/mf9w6ihQ-1U/w-d-xo.html
Eversolo DMP A8 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/FaVAJCHXHdc/w-d-xo.html
Eversolo DMP A6 Streamer/DAC/Pre-amp Review: th-cam.com/video/ESZxMDxapm0/w-d-xo.html
Hegel H600 Integrated amplifier Review: th-cam.com/video/Xk13XzfWSZ0/w-d-xo.html
Room Acoustic Panels:
(absorption) www.audioadvice.com/search?q=absorption+panels&sca_ref=7275805.QCc8U0jFw9XXQ
(diffusion) www.audioadvice.com/search?q=diffusion+panels&sca_ref=7275805.QCc8U0jFw9XXQ
Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jayiyagi
follow on Instagram: instagram.com/jays_iyagi/
follow on Facebook: facebook.com/jayiyagiofficial
Follow soundstage take 2 reviews: th-cam.com/play/PLPOzvlhtSqn5xdc__ftuSt4Rxy_wm5Af0.html
Speaker stands: amzn.to/3ssRhI3
Better speaker stands: solidsteel.it/my-product/ss-7-vintage-hi-fi-speaker-stands/
acoustic panels I use: ua-acoustics.com/
acoustic curtain: amzn.to/31d1zAM
BDI Cabinet I use: bit.ly/2OJRwQQ
amzn.to/3chBuFZ
other BDI Cabinets: bit.ly/3ctxXV1
amzn.to/30bsUCH
my fav hifi tweaks: (Isoacoustics devices) amzn.to/3j5FGvM
0:00 Intro
2:00 What is Soundstage in Home Audio?
5:30 How Do You IMPROVE Soundstage in Home Audio?
8:23 What is Imaging in Home Audio?
10:35 How Do you IMPROVE Imaging in Home Audio?
12:24 Audiophile HiFi Tracks to Test Soundstage and imaging
12:53 Extra Tip: Acoustic Treatment For Soundstage and imaging
14:18 Extra Tip: Recording Matters!
Watching you for years now and I can honestly say this is one of your best videos. IMO - Teaching people “how” to listen, is the most important thing before teaching them what to listen to. And you did an excellent job here. Thanks!😉🤙🏽
From Jay's mouth to our ears comes this gospel (good news) of the importance of set up. gear synergy and the gear itself. Thank you Jay for your excellence guide. My own preference for great imaging and soundstage prioritizes quality Coaxial or point source speakers i.e KEF, MoFi, Fyne Audio; tube preamp; dark background powerful class AB amp i.e. Hegel; lastly but not least a fantastic dac that delivers world class micro details and retains lushness and body or the music. By far the most important is the quality of the recording itself, if it doesn't have great soundstage and imaging within the recording you will never hear it. Basically I'm a disciple (follower) of the exact guidance you've given us.
Your music is the software that makes the hardware work.
One thing audiophiles sometimes overlook in their quest for perfect sound is tweaking the wrong "system"-their own ears.
That's where a little professional help can go a long way. Getting ear irrigation done by an audiophile-friendly audiologist (yes, they exist!) can work wonders. Think of it as a personal "system refresh." Suddenly, the soundstage feels wider, there's air between the instruments, and the music just breathes better. It's like upgrading your speakers without spending a dime on hardware-just your very own organic listening gear.
Probably important to mention the benefits of reducing vibrations / resonances coming from your speakers and subwoofers. Using isolation feet (such as IsoAcoustic pucks) significantly helps make speakers “disappear” into the soundstage, rather than the music just coming from the speakers
My experience, the sound at most concerts is rather poor. I expect better sound at home. I like the idea of three dimensional sound, but I’m not sure if a live concert is the reference standard that we want to emulate.
there are different types of concerts. I am mostly talking about non-amplified live music
Nice video, Jay! I wonder if newer audio enthusiasts would understand soundstage better if they knew a little more about how and why there even is a soundstage in recordings. That what we are unlocking are the spatial aspects that microphones pick up in the recording process and the mix that engineers create in building a soundstage within the mixing process. That a soundstage is instruments and sounds captured captured or created within space. Proper setup of your system can unlock what is there in the recording, such as distances of instruments from microphones, distance between instruments, the aspects of the recording space and the size or reflective nature it has. Proper setup can unlock these spatial aspects in the recording and reproduce the space in front of and around you in your room. Engineers can manipulate and enhance the elements of space within the recording by way of controlling how soft or loud aspects of the recording are to better create the illusion of a soundstage and the images within it. Not all music is recorded naturally though and many sounds are created by electronics and here again engineers can create a soundstage of sounds by placing them almost like objects in space with layers of information and phase manipulation to create a three dimensional soundstage of elements. I think when people understand the recording process and production process it helps them understand what it is they are trying to unlock.
Nicely done Jay…..your ability to articulate the differences and how to achieve soundstage and imaging was informative. Especially like that you didn’t try to create one solution fits all.
Good afternoon 👍
My kef 104ab and rel are good for that😀
Love a bit of draft punk
‘Draft Punk’? 🤔
I have moved away from Soundstage and think in terms of Soundspace. This is where the original recording characteristics fills the entire listening room. Width, Depth, Height of the recording characteristic replaces the listening room characteristics.
One example of Soundspace over Soundstage is noise at the start or end of a recording. It should fill the entire listening room, including behind the listener. This will normally be flat or 2 1/2 Dimensional in a Soundstage. Also having a Soundstage behind the speakers is an outdated experience in my mind.
Please, cut this marketing BS!
No matter how well you imagine it, if the soundstage is recorded well you will hear it, and if it is not recorded well, you will also hear it. All depends on your room, gear, setup, and most importantly the quality of the recording.
What did I say that was marketing BS?
Not true.Good speakers will have depth even close to front wall.You do need some absorption there.
Man its getting hard to watch your Talking Head videos because of all the clutter behind and around you…its stuff all over!
He needs to up his credibility by adding tape recorders and broadband speakers… 😂😂😂