From what I know you should have little to no soundstage and as much imaging as possible:
Soundstage should be defined by the recording (if the said recording even wants any soundstage) while imaging is required to better play the said recording.
Basically passive soundstage bad because not all recording are supposed to be wide, good imaging good because it represent the recording better
RayderEvolved t1_ixygocs wrote
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From what I know you should have little to no soundstage and as much imaging as possible: Soundstage should be defined by the recording (if the said recording even wants any soundstage) while imaging is required to better play the said recording.
Basically passive soundstage bad because not all recording are supposed to be wide, good imaging good because it represent the recording better