Another vote for Vandersteens…

I bought my Maggies 2 decades ago bc of how well they imaged

My vote is for the 1984 Acoustat 2+2 full-range electrostatic system; it stood just under 8-feet in height, and ran four stacked electrostatic panels per enclosure, just double the size of the model 1+1, which was also no slouch.

The soundstage - and the ability to isolate instruments was unmatched, with uniform output throughout the height and width of each screen. Naturally, they only worked well with stable, high-current amplifiers of reasonably high output; they were an astonishing audiophile bargain, but the savings were immediately lost in the need to spend for high quality amplification.

I agree with the KEF recommendations and I have the classic Reference 105’s which have pretty impressive imaging, however, my Canton Ergo Passiv set is absolutely incredible for imaging. BUT….The most impressive soundstage and depth of field I’ve owned we’re the Polk SDA series 1’s, 2’s, and CRA’s. They have a connecting cable between the two speakers that eliminates cross-phasing and creates a 3D image and extremely wide and deep soundstage. The criticism is that they don’t produce the most critically accurate frequency graphs but they are REALLY fun to listen to. I wish I had never sold them.

KEF are fantastic and lately I have been impressed by the MoFi Sourcepoint 8 & 10’s.

Genelec 8351B at near field.

B and W have long had wonderful soundstages.

They can actually sound like a home theatre as the stage is so all encompassing.

First a note on soundstage and imaging in general.

If you have a vocal recording and play it in mono, you should hear the vocalist as a tight ball of sound centered between the speakers and positioned slightly forward from the plane of the speakers. If you are hearing anything else then the speakers or your room are creating things that are not there.

Next, play Roger Water’s Amused to Death. It was mastered in QSound. On The Battle of Bill Hubbard his voice should be to your far far left, outside the plane of the speakers.

Of your system can do these two things then you have a shot at precise imaging and an accurate soundstage.

If not you may have an awesome sounding setup with a compelling soundstage. But you won’t have pinpoint imaging.

ELAC uni-fi 2.0 ub52 …soundstage and imaging are beyond! you’ll even hear sounds appearing from behind you. check out some YouTube reviews of known audiophile channels

Focal Kanta 3.

Kef is great, Buchardt is great, my KLH Model 5’s are great, and Klipsch’s Heritage Line is generally really solid.

If money is no object, Wilson Audio is absolutely incredible.

But what also helps soundstage immensely is proper acoustic treatment and speaker placement.

Depends on budget and what record you are playing. Some recordings have a wider more dynamic sound.

Depend on what amp you go with it. To me, Martinlogan preface with Denon-1700ne. So much bass on these big boys

Planar or electrostatics, next is anything with a single unit driver. Single point source = accurate soundstage.

I haven’t heard anything quite as good as an ALT based Bang & Olufsen. I have three pair myself and whenever I bring something else home to audition it can’t quite live up to what the lens does in the upper frequencies.