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Acoustic Zen Adagio - need advise please

Hello everyone,

Time for speakers upgrade and I have almost decided to go for Adagios based only on what I read about them.
I know that buying speakers without auditioning them is not a good idea, however I have no much of a choice.
In the place I live only few brands are represented and I could not find anything to my taste within my price range.
My last speakers were Dynaudio 1.3SE and despite being very good in some areas I did not like their synthetic and bright overall sound and got rid of them.Temporarily replaced them
with LS3/5A and love them,but they are too small for the room my main system is in....so it should be a floorstander
to replace them.My room is 22x11x9.
My questions about the Adagios are:
1.Can Adagios be labelled as alrounder as I listen to wide variety of music genres? How will they handle hard rock for instance?
2.Is the box absolutely quiet without any resonances, feedback etc?
3.Do they come close to single driver ,paper cone speakers
in terms of natural timbre,size of instruments and presence.
4.Are the factory boxes safe enough for overseas shipping.
Some time ago I had big speakers damaged in transit(very poor packaging) and do not want this to happen again.
5.If you may suggest any other speakers up to $4500 which
come close to above stated please advise.
Thank you very much.
Orlin
kdbg00
fafafion
190 posts
 
I have an Adagio in my 3rd system,and it turned out to be the most enjoyable system that I have of all my systems.But here's my experience with adagio.

1.Must change the spikes to Finite Elemente Cerabase/Cerapucs[depending on your budget]There is no two way about it IMHO,you will be rewarded with the investments many times Over.

2.buy the best electronics you could afford.The Adagio is very transparent.I matched mine with the French-made NEODIO 150 intergrated amp.Based on my audition,This is one of the best intergrated amp I have the pleasure of listening and it is simply breathless....But there are other amps that I have listened to that bring out the stunning quality of the Adagio[Lavardin IT,Karan INtergrated,Naim ]

Well to be frank ,once you control the resonance,there is nothing like it at that price..Believe me My 3rd system is more enjoyable to me than My reference system .....Enjoy...
david12
1,454 posts
 
Agree with Fafafion, excellent speakers, respond to a bit of attention. They are in my first and only system! Very neutral, detailed, excellent tight base, easy to drive. I use Symposium rollerblock Jun + svelt shelf, an immediate improvement. They sound excellent with my Viva Solista 22 watt SET. They may be only 89 DB, but they love tubes and the Solista easily drives and controls them.
kdbg00 OP
6 posts
 
Thank you all for the kind responses.
To Fafafion - if I buy the Adagios will definetly support them with Cerapuks. I am having FE Pagode rack and am very happy with it.
To All - before Dyn 1.3SE I had Magna Acustica(former Loth-X) single driver speakers and when playing acoustic jazz or female vocals or new age etc it was so realistic.Piano,acoustic bass ,violin sounded like musicians are in the room. However,these speakers had a audiable box resonance and also a bit of vocals shout which was driving me crazy and I eventually dumped them.
I wish my next speakers to be close to the single driver speakers in terms of relaism(but without those resonances) and also to play most genres equally well(I was driving Magna Acustica with 3,5W SET and obviousley rock and pop music were not well reproduced).
Hope Adagios will be able do do the job.
I also consider Tannoy Dimension TD10(used) or DeVore Nines(used).
Rest of my system at the moment is CECTL51X transport,Promitheus DAC, LC Audio Sidewinder pre, LC Audio Zapsolute Mk4 power(SS 50W pure class A)
catfishbob
44 posts
 
Not meaning to hijack the thread, but I have a question about the cerapuc/cerabase feet. Can you screw them into the same threads as the spikes? I have to move my speakers frequently from a WAF lifestyle position to the "listening" position.

Orlin.....I dont have much experience with many different speakers, but I have heard Quads and a few others and I like my adagios. CFbob
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