Twoleftears
I have the Titanium Hestia’s for almost a year now and they are an awesome speaker. They replaced the Martin Logan Renaissance 15A’s because of their musicality, transparency, tonal balance and soundstaging capabilities. I will say they need a mid-to-large size room and need to be at least two - three feet from the front and side walls or they can sound bass heavy and not as musical. What they do extremely well is present a clear image and 3D soundstage and maintain it off-axis. The problem you will have is finding a store that carries them in your area for an audition. I had the pleasure of hearing the prototypes in my home with the owner of Alta Audio Mike Levy and my local rep bringing the prototypes to my home for an audition. After 15 minutes of hearing the Alta prototypes I heard a speaker that was more transparent than Martin Logans, and provided more detail, timbral/tonal accuracy and excellent soundstaging I had to have them and ordered the first pair off of the production line. I believe Stereophile will be reviewing them soon and Audiophilia has already. Highly recommend you listen to them if you can. Alta Audio will have the Titanium Hestia’s at the NY Audio Show 10 -12 November 2017.
Jon
I have the Titanium Hestia’s for almost a year now and they are an awesome speaker. They replaced the Martin Logan Renaissance 15A’s because of their musicality, transparency, tonal balance and soundstaging capabilities. I will say they need a mid-to-large size room and need to be at least two - three feet from the front and side walls or they can sound bass heavy and not as musical. What they do extremely well is present a clear image and 3D soundstage and maintain it off-axis. The problem you will have is finding a store that carries them in your area for an audition. I had the pleasure of hearing the prototypes in my home with the owner of Alta Audio Mike Levy and my local rep bringing the prototypes to my home for an audition. After 15 minutes of hearing the Alta prototypes I heard a speaker that was more transparent than Martin Logans, and provided more detail, timbral/tonal accuracy and excellent soundstaging I had to have them and ordered the first pair off of the production line. I believe Stereophile will be reviewing them soon and Audiophilia has already. Highly recommend you listen to them if you can. Alta Audio will have the Titanium Hestia’s at the NY Audio Show 10 -12 November 2017.
Jon