CES - Devore Orangutan 096

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I will be posting a full show report on positive-feedback.com, but here I'll do some individual posts to create discussion. A note, I make no definitive judgements at shows -- below are impressions -- though assume that if something can sound good in less than ideal circumstances, it'll work in your home.

Above is the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 096. $12K. 10" midwoof/1" tweeter. Natural sounding with the ease and liveliness you might expect from a high efficiency (96db) design. I like the concept and physical execution. In front of it was a Well Tempered Amadeus TT w/EMT cart and a Leben integrated. Note the placement in the tiered Venetian room -- instead against the glass wall where I took the picture from which is where 99% of the speakers in these style rooms were, Devore flopped the setup and sofa, so there was no glass wall immediately behind. Smart.
 
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I will be posting a full show report on positive-feedback.com, but here I'll do some individual posts to create discussion. A note, I make no definitive judgements at shows -- below are impressions -- though assume that if something can sound good in less than ideal circumstances, it'll work in your home.

Above is the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 096. $12K. 10" midwoof/1" tweeter. Natural sounding with the ease and liveliness you might expect from a high efficiency (96db) design. I like the concept and physical execution. In front of it was a Well Tempered Amadeus TT w/EMT cart and a Leben integrated. Note the placement in the tiered Venetian room -- instead against the glass wall where I took the picture from which is where 99% of the speakers in these style rooms were, Devore flopped the setup and sofa, so there was no glass wall immediately behind. Smart.

Yes, they were surprisingly good, esp. given their "diminuitive" size.
 

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