How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?

Just a brief comment to mention that room acoustics is only one part of the problem in achieving holographic soundstage. There are a great many other areas of the system that must be attended to in order to achieve the very best holographic soundstage. Examples: vibration isolation, electrical contact housekeeping, good cabling housekeeping, speaker placement and CD or LP treatments, not to mention getting rid of extraneous junk lying around, e.g., old newspapers, books you don’t need any more. Reduce entropy! 

More solid advice from @geoffkait   Thanks.

How exactly do you get a soundstage without imaging? Separating the two is like separating going fast and having speed. THEY'RE THE SAME THING. 

Personally, I don't look twice at a system that presents a flat wall of sound, or, in other words, has no ability to image. It tells me something about the resolving power of the system. If a system cannot resolve spacial information, then it's failing to be hi-fi in a major way. Getting a grip on room issues is very important, too, and I question how serious somebody is about listening if their room isn't sorted out to some degree. Serious listeners don't have 65" TV's between their speakers. 

Kosst, I agree 100%; "Holography" is a refinement of sound staging and imaging.

Sometime ago, I noted that audiophiles who were in the "end game"; meaning they might mention "van den Hul Grasshopper" as their current cartridge without being ostentatious; it would be in the context of the discussion. It was I who made a note of this fact because it gave me a strong clue in regard to the other components in their rig.

They had gone as far as they could go in regard to equipment, and they still were not satisfied; that's when they went to room treatment and got the improvements they were seeking.

The reason I don't talk too much about everything else required to get holography, is because I have made the false assumption that you know all that is required, and you realize that "room treatment" is the end game; my bad.

Newbee,

 Just curious,

Which of my posts do you consider “ignorant?”