I went to college for sound recording technology for a few years in the 90's. I admittedly didn't pursue a career behind the console, and my career in front of the console didn't pan out, but I have a fairly good understanding of what goes into making a recording (or what used to go into a recording anyway, lol.) I am a little confused at all the reviews of speakers that discuss the depth of the soundstage and how they can "hear the drums in the back" or "the guitar up front." When recording, there is only panning and placement of tracks across the soundstage left and right. There is no front and rear, or up and down. Especially in the situation of most modern recordings where instruments are close mic'ed and recorded at separate times I'm not sure what they're talking about. One scenario that I could potentially grasp the concept in would be something like an XY Stereo pattern mic'ing of a group of instruments where you could possibly get subtle timing cues that could create the illusion of depth, but I don't even know if that makes any sense. Can anyone shed light on how 'depth' is created or presented from a 2 channel recording being played back on 2 speakers? I'd love to hear Amir's take on this as well.