There's always another one round the corner!
Ah! There it is! I was just about to make a new post of these, when I came across this thread, how wonderful!
I was notified about these from a very good & close mate a few days ago, that this could well be my NEXT speaker once the CLX's serve their lifespan. I might as well be buried with the CLX's, for there's no other speaker I'd rather own at this stage.
However, I've been seriously contemplating the idea of downsizing in time to come, plus the cost of maintaining tubes... well it's getting costly. Putin seems to be enjoying what he does best, which is launching missiles and bombing harmless people / nations, so that's not going to end anytime soon. People are hoarding tubes and suppliers are raising prices since all are going bonkers.
So the downsize plan was to get a lovely pair of refurbed Apogee's from Graz, get hold of either a nice Pass Labs XA series amplifier or an integrated DartZeel and call it a day! That's definitely a retirement plan I reckon, one that I can happily live with enjoying the fine tooones with far less hassles on the tooobs!
Then I was looking at Alsyvox, from a very serious level... however the entry price of admission for a decent high-tech ribbon sound from Alsyvox will find myself in the doghouse, without a bone. So I just kept pondering, and then came along Clarisys! Oh very very nice! They also have two versions if you like, the standard and then the high-tech ones fitted with those rare expensive Neodymium magnets, NICE! That would also allow these panels to be driven by tube amps from moderate power, just perfect! Enhancing their efficiency to very good sensitivity. The build quality is outstanding, at least it looks stunning, and the sheer weight must be something else! So I'm guessing that these are mighty fine!
The only issues is, there's no one that supports Clarisys down unda... zero dealers and no customer support for Oz. So, most probably this would be an imported item under personal affects, mmm... don't want to go there again. I've had my fair share of dealing with customs, duties, shipping & handling clowns, plus a few acrobats, during my very own dealership days, no thanks.
However, I think I'll start making some phone calls to my trusted mates in Spore and see what the goss is.
Anyone else on this forum actually auditioned these? if so with what gear and what are your thoughts? I'm also wondering how Graz and Hank would compete, and if these panels are quite superior, just curious that's all. One thing for sure is that they're far less costly than Alsyvox and if they can perform equally well or even surpass it then why not!
I do know that those refurbed Apogee's done by those specialists are really tops, and have heard quite a few in the past, which got me all excited! So definitely something to think about down the line. These Clarisys ribbons look like it's the next level!
Ok, off to snooze now, I'll contact the beloved mates on whats-app tomorrow and see how it goes.
Cheers, and enjoy those very fine tunes!
WOOF! RJ