Something similar to imaging is the presence. The presence is more to realism and musical. Imaging is more artificial and analytical. Imaging is from everything the sound wave touches like speaker cabinet, walls and ceiling. Imaging is the art of using room and speaker cabinets. When the sound is reflected from walls and ceiling of listening room, the imaging is like the room. The sound wave reflected from the stucco wall, the sound will be dry and dusty like stucco. If the listening room is like a concert hall with expensive woods, the imaging is like the good concert hall. Unfortunately, Almost rooms are not like a concert hall. Imaging offers very little musical satisfaction. Thats why women dont care for imaging. Imaging is valued only for the individual who pursues imaging in their room only. Or people who train to hear it. The brain has to process added information from walls and home furniture, and the listener get easily tired. Women hates it!
The presence is formed only by sound from speakers. If a recording has concert hall information, good speakers show strong presences of the concert hall. If the sound reflects to a wall, the presence of the concert hall will be lower because of the sound of room. The presence is musical because it is what is in the recording. Women love the sound with the presence. Even the bad recording is fun to listen.
In many years of my audio journey, I have heard only one speaker with true presence.
