I was dumbfounded the other day walking into a tiny local shop and listening to a small sound system in their basement. The room was shallow and wide.

The system came nowhere near the dynamics and power I can generate with my setup, but what amazed me completely was the immense depth in soundstage that I had absolutely never heard anywhere near the degree I was hearing.

It made me challenge myself about what was important to me in sound reproduction, and I now long to inherit some of that into my own system.

Here is what I listened to:

Innuos PULSEmini Network Music Player

Bel Canto Design C6i Integrated Amplifier

JL Audio E-Sub e112 Subwoofer

GutWire Synchrony Cube Speaker Cable

Opera Callas Bookshelf Speaker

Vertere Redline USB Digital Cable

It has created new interest and awareness in me about this quite elusive musical characteristic  (Deep believable Soundstage depth)