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The perceived sense of physical space and separation between instruments in a recording, described by listeners as if sound has width, depth, and height even though it's coming from two points.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The soundstage on these is wide enough that the drums feel like they're behind you."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard audiophile listening-vocabulary term used to translate a purely subjective spatial impression into a comparable, discussable quality.
FIRST SEEN
2010
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Audiophile Internet)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang
Related To:ImagingSound Signature
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