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The center image, which was my main goal for improvement, was enhanced dramatically. The anomalies I’d been experiencing were mitigated. Midrange bumps and dips were smoothed. Vocals became more lifelike. I felt more like the image was present in the room with me. This effect was consistent and mattered not whether the image was a male or female vocal, a solo instrument, or a combination of vocals and/or instruments. The area that was formerly bare wall had come alive.

Although fixing the center image issue was my main motivation for seeking out the diffusers, the benefits I heard in spatial dimensionality across the rest of the soundstage were not only welcome, but almost amazing. Before the Q7Ds were installed, the system was performing great in the Y and Y axis, and producing what I thought was a decent depth in the Z axis. The diffusers changed all this and brought the Z axis of depth to life. Most unexpected but very welcome. The depth of virtually every recording I listened to expanded with a lovely sense of air around each instrument and voice. It became much easier to pick out individual instruments and voices. Background vocals and other off-center musical cues were a delight, and in some cases gave the music a new meaning. What does all this really mean? For the first time in my room, my system was now producing a really superior holographic 3-D imaging. This was not subtle.

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