Aerial 5T impressions

I'm a little surprised to not see more Aerial owners reply to this thread.  But then again, making judgements on lack of responses Is baseless. Could be all the Aerial 5T owners are happy and no longer in the hunt. 

Right the 5T's have not been out long.
I am about to upgrade my 8 month old b&w cm6s2 to the 5Ts.  Was holing to hear some comparison others may have had to this speaker.

It.looks like the new Aerial  T line does not contain Kevlar.  It is a "Papyrus blend cone". Blend. so maybe it does have Kevlar, but specs dont say.  B&w new 805s are not using the yellow Kevlar anymore.  

The new Papyrus blend cone sounds indescribably delicious. 
 

Aerial 5T thoughts?

One can hope

I'll post my impression as I just had them for a home trial for 3 Days to compare to my B&W CM6s2. 

Qualified with my equipment 

The B&W are very detailed with full bass.  Sometimes bright if listening to rock or female voices. Excruciating bright at times. 
The B&W at first inpress you with the details and the imaging.  I hear sounds coming fronm the kitchen, but that's a parlor trick Bose does that too.  They are a very good sounding speaker on well recorded music like Jazz and acoustic. Not a rock speaker too bright.  The B&W received excellent reviews.  Build quality is lacking. 

The Aerial 5T - not much has been written about them.  Maybe Michael Kelly decided to stop paying the reviewers.  Word of mouth is all you really need if you have customers that enjoy the hobby.  Well these Aerial 5Ts are musical.  They are as close as I think I will get to the sound of a live voice.  They don't try to impress you with there brightness for their bass.  The B&W in comparison were ultra bright with boomy bass.  The Aerial are precise, clear detailed where they are suppose to be and tight quick bass.  

Ask yourself when you go to listen to live music. Do you say wow that mandolin, violin, guitar, banjo piano, drums ... Sound so good so detailed.  I don't think so you hear all of the music blended together balanced.   That's when you know Aerial knows what it means to reproduce music.  

Greginnh,

I am always amazed when someone says they have such high level of audio at their office. 

The Aerial 5T sounded like authentic music not over embellished highs that I have in my current B&W cm6s2.  I just added a yggy DAC that took my music to another level.  

Did you listen to other bookshelf speakers before deciding on the 5Ts?

greginnh,

My local audio shop, although wonderful and lucky to have such a high quality dealer, does not carry Wilson. I would not go to that level, but I would be like to hear them.  

You said "when the employees leave however, I can crank up the volume".   

Seems like a life time of waiting for either the parents when growing up or now wife(s) :) to leave before cranking it up!!! 

I just hope the ears out last the rest of me. 

Thanks for your response.  Glad to hear from others that have a good ear.  Time to pack up my cm6s2 and upgrade.  

Aerial 5T's have a new home.  


What speaker cables are other Aerial owners using?

I just finished two days of attendance at IBMA -  International Bluegrass Music Association Festival.  

After listening to music live for two full days, it is the best compliment I can give to say listening to the same artists/songs on the 5T's takes me right back infront of the stage.  Some speaker brands try to lure you in with their bright sparkly sound only to drive you away with their false attempt at reproducing music.  Thanks to Aerial Acousitcs for delivering the real goods!

Sierra Hull lives in my den. She is everyone's darling.  2016 mandolin player of the year.  Balsam Range and the rest of the so many other blue grass music is acoustic music you can feel in your soul. 

To be total honest -
The only noticeable difference is the level of bass.  While these speakers for their size provide exceptional levels of tight bass,  the volume of the standup bass during the concert just goes that bit lower.  The concerts also tend to jack up the volume I suspect.  Nonetheless the bass impact is what one takes away. 

I do have an M&K sub but it's not really a sub more of a bass unit purchased for sorround sound back in the 90's only goes down to 50hz. 

Now what sub would do justice to these Aerials?
i was considering JL Audio e112.

I continue to be amazed with the realism of these 5T's.  I recently attended the Pump Boys musical sitting 4 rows back center being reminded of the neutrality of live music.  These speakers present music in the same way.  

After a year these 5T beauties continue to deliver a sound stage of acoustically accurate music that is amazingly balanced across lows and highs.  I play them so much I’m afraid I’ll wear them out.