Phantom soundstage - true stereo?

[rjalder]

Yes its true stereo thats why you choose mono or stereo , omnidirectionalspeakers is just that they are more wide in how they spread the soundstage

Thanks everyone for confirming that 2 phantoms (with dialog) can be set up for true stereo?.  Given that the speakers are more omnidirectional then conventional systems, It's noted that the resulting soundstage is wider, so the presentation of the sound is different.

I have three questions related to this.

1.  Does the Omnidirectional character of the phantoms require that the position of the speakers be further away from the corners of a room, to avoid bouncing the sound around too much?

2.  Using the example of a recording of an orchestra and standing there listening to the playback noting where each instrument is located on the soundstage in the room, with the very omnidirectional Phantom speakers, what effect does this have on the the geographic location of the instruments across the soundstage?  Simply's spread the locations out wider?  Is the Omnidirectional stereo effect - a wider than true soundstage- have any negative effects or is it a good thing?

3.  Do the two points above combined so that in a small room a conventional more forward firing speaker set would be better than an omnidirectional speaker set?

Thank you