Imaging and soundstage is built into the recording by the recording engineer but not all speakers can faithfully reproduce them.

Then we have the ALFRs. They can produce natural width far beyond their lateral boundaries where none has been baked into the recording. Simply awesome!

Here's some more good reading about recording for psychoacoustics.

https://www.sonarworks.com/blog/learn/three-chances-for-a-wide-mix

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated