On the Klipsch, this was more of an 'emphasis' than a 'trait' on this track.

The speakers are pretty far apart, but present a decent soundstage.Ībsolutely no chestiness on track one, with some on track two. A quieter guitar is center left, and the bass seems placed behin Bob, with it's harmonics above him. (Will try different amps in the future.)īob images big and central on this cut, with the main guitar parts just inside the right speaker. There is a dryness that is not unattractive, which I wonder about, because when it was an infant, the Crown amp had the same characteristic with my Apogee ribbons. You can hear Bob's breathing cycle, if you want to. Tweeters seem to have improved in detail today. Well, they are still there on these babies. On the first cut, there are some tape glitches that can make you think your record is mistracking - even though it's a CD.įirst is at 15 seconds, then at about 1:13 to 1:16. Tweeters 44-45 inches above floor, same with my ears.Ĭheating on Bruce and played Dylan's 'Tell Tale Signs.' (12 feet from the back of my head to the rear wall.) Initial set up has tweeters 11 1/2 feet apart and sitting 16 feet from a line drawn between the two tweeters. I'll evolve the reports as I go the next few weeks/months/years. OK, you were there, from birth and out of position. Using them with a Crown XLS 802 amp, Superhphon Revelation II preamp, Marantz DV7001 so far. I've been though this with woofers before, they need to stretch - they're still shy.įirst 40 minutes - 'OK, but I've got issues to deal with.' Instremuents are not quite each uniquely delineated and there's a bass hump at about 80 Hz that does go one note for a small bit and don't like it. Night one, poorly positioned.they are giving me ear fatigue. Drum rolls and then the kick drum kicker are OK, but the kick drum sounds rounded off.įor this song, the woofers are interferring wth the speed and melody of the song. Guitar and the clanky sticks on 'Kit Carson' kill, as does the very harmonic bass being played. However, some vocals have that indeterminant sound of not knowing where to sound like they are coming from, so I know I will get better results when I move them around. ('Dream Like Mine' makes me pine for the Klipsch.) These speakers would make me think the recording was more compressed, but I now better. Shockingly, these babies are known for their gargantuan oomph, but the Klipsh did this better. Now further into the disc, violins improving. Woofer to mid integration seems to have some emphasis.Įxcellent on vocals - floating within the soundstage. Vocals - my favorite feature is here - absolutely no chestiness. I flew today, with a longish drive, so I do have some ear fatigue to start the night. I was going to opine a guitar sounded more like a dobro, but it's a dobro. Going out on a limb - the tweeters seem to have metal dome tweeters (or sound like it.) They aren't.īass decay is quick - excellent. Images from speaker to speaker with good fill, images more forward, the Klipsch are more laid back imagers - and I admit this is my custom, but this isn't so bad.more like moving up a few rows.

Rvance, if you're there, ya wanna go see Bruce Cockburn in Arcata Friday? If you can get us cocktail reception tickets, I'm buying for both of us.īack to the speakers.nice dynamics, but the woofers don't seem all there yet.Įxcellent layer of depth and information. Moving around the room, I can hear some directionality from the horn mid and tweeter. The treble is not as open as the Klipsch (modded crossovers) less air around the performance.but all I've done is put them 3 1/2 inches in front of the front wall with no toe in. The bass has notes - you can sit and imagine some guy (or sexy girl, or whatever you care to imagine) playing and actual instrument. I expected more bloat, so.so, far, so good.īack-up/harmony voices draw attention to themselves. Very lean, but deeper, with those twisty sensations you get from bass notes very well rendered. Soul of a Man has better bass than the Klipsch.and it is not bloated. I'm also on a Bruce Cockburn quest at the moment, so only Bruce music, so far. No break-in, screw it, how do they sound?Īlot like my La Scala's, so far. So, I read the reviews by REG and Soundstage and decided that for 800 bucks a pair, it was time to stick my toes into the waters of the speakers of red surrounds and guaranteed loudness and see what the Hell - is this a savant speaker priced as a lease breaker, or a genuine Hi Fi product. More elusive than a G-Spot are those 'non-Hi Fi' products that surprise the listener with their degree of Hi Hi-ness.

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