Erik, I was at CAS17 last Sunday.
I really enjoyed these systems:
1- Margules Room, the sound was open, dynamic, detailed and each instrument could be distinguished even with complex orchestras.
2- LXSpeakerFactory, for such a low price including Woofers, those speakers were fantastic, they filled the room with details, dynamic, balanced with strong bass having resolution and not being muddy ...
I would certainly consider these speakers for small listening room in future.
3- Martin Logan Neolith room was just fabulous. High resolution, Dynamic and balanced with strong bass and huge soundstage having layers of depth defining each instrument placement and singer voice being well integrated.
4- Zesto audio room was excellent. Music was detailed, balanced , well integrated with different genre of music. It was also so nice to talk with George being truly a gentleman, an expert/designer of audio devices as well as tones of sound engineering knowledge/experience.
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Visiting rooms with DISAPPOINTMENT especially with high tag prices of several hundreds of dollars, that proves expending more money does not mean to get a better system and even though some could get worse results:
1- Von Schweikert Ultra11 ($300K) with VAC preamp/amp. The sound was not balanced, some how not really detailed, listening fatigue after a few minutes. Listening to some tracks, drums were placed right in front and other instruments and singer voices were placed in the back of stage which should be the reverse, based on any live or recorded music. Doing as such you loose most of details of music coming from divers instruments. Some excellent reviewers use this notion to distinguish a good speaker from a bad one.
Even 2 years ago at CAS15, another expensive Von Schweikert speaker ($150K) had the same issue, just wondered whom would buy these speakers...
2- Acapella Audio Arts room, having very expensive speaker and gears >$200K. The sound was somehow compressed, not as much detail that some would anticipate even from a system priced at 1/4 of this high tag price . Soundstage was very narrow and whole system sounded like hifi, the sound was present only around each speaker with narrow range. No depth in music presentation neither ...
Hope that would be helpful ...
I really enjoyed these systems:
1- Margules Room, the sound was open, dynamic, detailed and each instrument could be distinguished even with complex orchestras.
2- LXSpeakerFactory, for such a low price including Woofers, those speakers were fantastic, they filled the room with details, dynamic, balanced with strong bass having resolution and not being muddy ...
I would certainly consider these speakers for small listening room in future.
3- Martin Logan Neolith room was just fabulous. High resolution, Dynamic and balanced with strong bass and huge soundstage having layers of depth defining each instrument placement and singer voice being well integrated.
4- Zesto audio room was excellent. Music was detailed, balanced , well integrated with different genre of music. It was also so nice to talk with George being truly a gentleman, an expert/designer of audio devices as well as tones of sound engineering knowledge/experience.
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Visiting rooms with DISAPPOINTMENT especially with high tag prices of several hundreds of dollars, that proves expending more money does not mean to get a better system and even though some could get worse results:
1- Von Schweikert Ultra11 ($300K) with VAC preamp/amp. The sound was not balanced, some how not really detailed, listening fatigue after a few minutes. Listening to some tracks, drums were placed right in front and other instruments and singer voices were placed in the back of stage which should be the reverse, based on any live or recorded music. Doing as such you loose most of details of music coming from divers instruments. Some excellent reviewers use this notion to distinguish a good speaker from a bad one.
Even 2 years ago at CAS15, another expensive Von Schweikert speaker ($150K) had the same issue, just wondered whom would buy these speakers...
2- Acapella Audio Arts room, having very expensive speaker and gears >$200K. The sound was somehow compressed, not as much detail that some would anticipate even from a system priced at 1/4 of this high tag price . Soundstage was very narrow and whole system sounded like hifi, the sound was present only around each speaker with narrow range. No depth in music presentation neither ...
Hope that would be helpful ...