So Keith, do you think the new Defs VI will outperform the Druids VI as you feel the latter outperforms the Defs IV?
Yup. Both Jeff and I preferred the Druid VI.
So Keith, do you think the new Defs VI will outperform the Druids VI as you feel the latter outperforms the Defs IV?
Live unamplified always sounds natural...how could it sound any other way?
Is this the one we also heard last year in the ground floor small booth?Something that sounded really good that didn't cost so much was the new open baffle speaker from Supravox. It is 10K Euro and a LOT of speaker for the money.
I heard MuRata super tweeters once on B&w 800 signatures and it also made top to bottom improvements...proof that we hear in ways that are quite complex and in pattern recognition...Yes. these are John Blue supertweeters. He feels they add top to bottom improvements - not just air/space.
More or less. Last year they played a full range TQWT loaded speaker (Bahia), which is totally awesome for like 3.5k new and the wide open baffle (now called Zelia and you can find it on their website).Is this the one we also heard last year in the ground floor small booth?
They played a narrow, conventional speaker and a bigger wide, open baffle one.
Is that the one you are speaking of?
I heard MuRata super tweeters once on B&w 800 signatures and it also made top to bottom improvements...proof that we hear in ways that are quite complex and in pattern recognition...
If I would be offered Avatons and Animas for the same price and would have to keep them, I would definitely go for the AnimasIf we all agree to buy Avatons maybe Manolis will sell them to us for a quantity discount price equal to the price of the Animas, and we can solve several problems in one go?
I think Al is referring to two people who listen to a lot of live unamplified music and then disagree on whether or not some particular reproduced music or system then sounds natural. Correct me if I'm wrong, Al.
Phil, can you elaborate a bit more about the intimacy v scale dichotomy in Druids v Definitions?
Does one actually choose one spkr over the other depending on which you value more?
So, if I'm listening to LZ3, I'd prefer Immigrant Song on Definitions and Tangerine on Druids?
If I'm into vocals or small string quartet I'd go Druids, but Definitions on big band or sturm und drang orchestral?
And is this a function of the Druids being smaller w the single full range driver dictating the need to sit closer in, the Definitions being bigger w twin drivers necessitating sitting further back.
Tbh, surely at our level we want it all, scale AND intimacy. I don't see larger models of eg Magicos or Wilsons proclaiming this dichotomy in their ad blurb over their smaller models.
If I would be offered Avatons and Animas for the same price and would have to keep them, I would definitely go for the Animas
What worthwhile isn't better today than 10 years ago?IMO Zu is far better in the last few years vs 10 years ago.
They have managed to get rid of most or all of the coloration/edginess that made them have that "PA" sound. So tone is far better, they still have the same high SPL abilities and impact.
That's because when most people choose those other speakers they do so based on cuddly coo Stockfisch music. But valid question, you can have definitions at one end of the room and druids at the other and a swivel chair with wheels in between
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