The actives will give you wide soundstage provided you place them wide apart and either sit close or far. Here's what I mean by that.
They're 12 feet apart in my main room. If I sit 15 feet away, I get width. If I sit 8 feet away, I get width. But 8 feet away is like you're sitting at the edge of the stage. 15 feet away is like the stage is further away. If I sit somewhere in between those distances, it's like the actives get in the way of themselves. Of course these dimensions are room-dependent. There is some ratio of distances though that result in less than optimum soundstage performance.
You bought actives because you're curious...as am I. But bigger is definitely not necessarily more enjoyable. It depends on the room and their position and your position within it.
