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Because speakers of any kind are never in the middle of a room.

The "amazing soundstage" comes from splashing the HF all over the wall behind them and drenching you in early reflections and diffusion - effectively, you're adding a little bit of reverb, except it isn't a controlled reverb it's "whatever your room sounds like".

The Beolab 5s, at least, shoot for a 180 degree soundfield rather than 360.