Maybe I should buy them for spare parts.
Those crates make for some nice kindling!
Music is fast, liquid and full of ENERGY. Whether it be a sax, acoustic bass, or a string section, I feel energy like I've never felt before.
OK, did some listening (with Peter Ayer who graciously came down to help). These are very early impressions (haven't sampled that much in the way of different music styles yet).
Obviously the speaker needs to break in. The are also sitting on casters which puts them higher than they will be on spikes (and from my experience with Alexias this can make a huge difference in low frequencies) and are simply placed where I had my S5's (i.e. no attempt at voicing has been made thus far).
I have to say that the tweeter is really special. I feel like I'm just echoing previous reports, but it's seamless and clean, clean, clean.. The entire frequency spectrum seems seamless. Music is fast, liquid and full of ENERGY. Whether it be a sax, acoustic bass, or a string section, I feel energy like I've never felt before. The bass is DEEP, but taut & snappy (who knows how much this will change with break-in). Soundstage is huge. It's so wonderful to finally have 'big' speakers. Symphonies are outstanding - the closest thing I've heard to the BSO so far. Instruments are so separated and there is lots of depth.
Piano was really telling - again the word 'seamless' comes to mind with oodles of resolution, especially impressive detail in the low frequencies. The size, weight, and presence puts the piano right in the room.
It'll be interesting to see how the sound evolves during break-in. Right now I'd say they are more neutral than the S5's but not cold or analytical. I've yet to play any rock so that will be interesting.
I still can’t get the sound I heard in Paris out of my head - a big problem. Probably the best overall loudspeaker out there today. Congratulations!
Thanks, guys. Btw, my dealer offered to pick up the piano movers cost and he's going to voice them in a couple weeks so I'm in good hands.
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