Speakers "Disappearing"

@kosst_amojan

The two biggest factors in whether a speaker images well are how inert the cabinet is and the space around it.

I’ve heard speakers from the "let the cabinet resonate" school do excellent disappearing acts.

In fact I once had the Shun Mook Bella Voce speakers, a paradigm of thinner walled, incorporate speaker resonance approach, and few speakers I’ve heard soundstaged and "disappeared" like those ones.

Guitars or voices etc hard panned to one speaker would still "float" behind or around the speaker as if it weren’t coming from that speaker.

The Harbeths I had did a pretty good job of disappearing as well. Not as well as my Thiels, but still impressive.

I usually paint my speakers with the stealth paint that I got from a friend who used to work at McDonnell Douglas aircraft.
Works really well.

Kenny.

@prof 

That's not a horrible approach as long as you can make sure the resonance is of a high quality factor. 

Whether or not ones eyes are opened or closed during the listening session also plays a role as to how well the speakers disappear.

I could never get my speakers to image properly. No matter what I did. That includes many different audio equipment or different speakers large or small. Until I got into OBs (open baffle speakers) Now the speakers completelydisappear. The only drawback is that in order to get proper bass, you will need large speakers. Good for an audio room, but not so great for a living room I'm afraid.