NOLA KO speakers

FrantzM

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Would have loved for mep to give his impressions about his KO. I am interested too in Nola speakers.
 

L.Segundo

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I've certainly found the KOs to be so. I'm listening to Ella and Louis singing Porgy and Bess and the band seems to spread out from about three feet to either side of the speakers and about a mile back while the vocals and Louis's trumpet are front and center. This is just a CD that I transferred to my computer, played back through iTunes / Amarra and a modest Musical Fidelity DAC but it works for me. I may just be blessed with a pretty cool room but they respond in a fresh lively way to whatever I throw at them, whether it's transistory 70's vinyl, shaded dog classics, electronica, jazz, you name it, loud or low.
Any other impressions out there?

Phil,

Your description of your soundstage is in line with what I'm getting with my Metro Grands: A wide, rectangular stage with dense images anywhere within it, and remarkable depth. In my old, smaller room I had it in spades with my trusty Alon Lotus Sigs (8" 3 way version). In my newer, larger room that effect was limited with the Alons. However, the Metros easily energize the larger room with as little as 22wpc 845 SETs. I'll assume that the KOs would perform similarly here. BTW, I like the speakers well out into the room and listen nearfield. How are yours set up?

It's sounds like you're getting a large dose of what the KOs can do in a happy room. Congrats!

L.
 

Philtax

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Phil,

Your description of your soundstage is in line with what I'm getting with my Metro Grands: A wide, rectangular stage with dense images anywhere within it, and remarkable depth. In my old, smaller room I had it in spades with my trusty Alon Lotus Sigs (8" 3 way version). In my newer, larger room that effect was limited with the Alons. However, the Metros easily energize the larger room with as little as 22wpc 845 SETs. I'll assume that the KOs would perform similarly here. BTW, I like the speakers well out into the room and listen nearfield. How are yours set up?

It's sounds like you're getting a large dose of what the KOs can do in a happy room. Congrats!

L.[/QUOTE

Hi L.

The Metro Grands must be something else. Sounds like you're enjoying them in your new room. About how big is it? I'm not sure what "nearfield" means. Do you sit just a few feet away from them?

My room is a living room / dining room about 30 feet in total length by about 14 feet wide. The two rooms are separated in the middle by a wide tall archway with about a three foot wide wall on either side and an 8 foot or so opening. The speakers are about 4 feet into the living room from the archway and about 4 feet in from the side walls so that the inner edge of the speakers are about 6 feet apart. So unless you go back about 20 feet there really isn't a wall directly behind the speakers, but there is a corner to each side. I usually sit about 10 feet from them, two feet out from the back wall. It's nice having a lot of open space behind them, and an added benefit to the open baffle design is that I can sit behind them, in the dining room, and they still sound good.
 

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