An audio system is just that, a system. The overall performance of a system will be determined not by a single component, but by the synergy of the entire system. A well designed audio system will be greater than the sum of its parts.
To create a soundstage that has both depth and detail...
While I agree with Larry in a general sense, there are circumstances where a system that has what is generally described as a "warm" sound will have less than optimal imaging.
The detail in sound, and by extension the precision of a stereo image, comes from the mid and upper frequencies. Some...