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Price Paid:
$6200.00
from Tweeter Summary:
These are the finest speakers I've ever owned, period. They offer pinpoint imaging, which a warm musical midrange, deep bass and detail, yet none fatiguing highs. To hear what these speakers are capable of, you really need to be careful with placement and matching them with quality components. Tweeter wasn't the best at set-up, they had the speakers too closed in and they were driving them with a B&K receiver. Bass sounding boomy and over-bearing, and the soundstage was small.
When I tried them in my home, I pulled them farther from the surrounding walls, and drove them with high quality amps (Clayton Audio M100 monblocks). They opend right up. The bass tightened and the midrange, especially vocals, just floated out into the room. Imaging and soundstaging are as good as you can gets, as good as the Audio Physic Virgos' that I'd heard, but able to play louder with more bass.
The Santos Rosewood finish also has a very high WAF. Strengths:
Warm, musical midrange, solid bass and smooth highs. Pinpoint imaging and soundstaging. Beautiful finish = high WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor). Weaknesses:
Careful room placement is madatory. You cannot place these speakers up against the wall, especially rear wall (because of the rear port bass bloat). Also, if you want to get the best out of them, match them with high quality components. Garbage in/garbage out. Similar Products Used:
Audio Physics Virgo, B&W Nautilus 802, Sonus Faber Cremona, Soliloquy 6.3, Vandersteen 3A Signature, Legacy Focus, Silverline Sonata II.
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