What are user's (and dealers/manufacturer's) thoughts on toe-in with the new CDWG's? Without any waveguides, I was toeing in my RM40's to about 2' in front of me. Now I'm experimenting with much less (a few feet behind me); the image is deeper, seems just as broad, and little if any change in the tonal balance, but I've only been listening for a couple of days.
Speaker Convergence Angle is primarily for two key purposes:
1) Increase the sweet spot laterally (wider sweet seat)
2) Adjust or correct for sidewall reflections
It may be wise with the new waveguides to "try" various convergence angles to see what works best with your room, and listening geometry.
In theory, it would reduce the need for such a steep convergence angle for critical listening, only if you do not have an issue with sidewall reflection.
Since the directivity should be rather similar in frequency and response one could even try placing the speakers with no angle if they were on a long wall placement, but I still think most will find a more specific convergence more pleasing.
At the show, since we were in a rather tight space and the speakers (especially the left) were close to the side walls, we used an "on-axis" convergence most of the time. This reduced the angular incidence of the sidewall reflections a bit, and maintained a tight image and soundstage.
Your described listening experience is not unusual and the perception of soundstage depth (or lack of) can be caused by many elements including the effects of comb filtering from the convergence angle. With the CDWGs in place, there is a more even and constant filtering (broad band) that will produce a less dramatic change in the sound, that a non-CDWG equipped model.
But still the best advice is to "experiment" and see what offers the best results in your room.
