Any experience w/ Vienna Mahler ?

The side firing woofers on the Mahler can be setup on the inside, facing each other, or on the outside facing the walls. This depends much on the room and equipment being used (from experience, not Vienna's literature), and will greatly vary the output and quality of the bass. While it is a somewhat difficult speaker to setup, it does have the sweetness and musicality characteristic of the Vienna lineup.

When set up correctly, I have found the imaging, soundstage depth & width, to be up there with the best.It is important to use a high quality, powerful Amp so as to better control the Woofers. I listen to the Mahlers in the nearfield and am very satisfied. They are the most musical speakers, in their pice range, that I have had the pleasure of hearing.

Have you listened to the Beethovens? I own a pair of the Beethovens, and I prefer them over the Mahlers. The Mahlers have more bass and go deeper, but the Beethovens seemed tighter and quicker to me. The Mahlers seemed just a tad slow in the lower frequencies. That being said, they are still d@mn fine speakers, and setup and room placement has a lot to do with it.

John

I liked them enough that I just purchased a pair, they should arrive in a week or so. When I auditioned them I was very satisfied with the base performance. They had the best set of trade off's and real world compromises IMHO of all the speakers I had listened to. Actual experience always differs when you get your own components hooked up and the room acoustics kick in as well, but at this price point there are few speakers that are dogs.