Any experience w/ Vienna Mahler ?

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.

Thanks to all who responded. If you can tell, I really liked the way this speaker sounded. One of the only ones where I quit listening to the equipment and listened to the music for the sheer enjoyment of it. I think its worth another trip to the dealer to see if we can tighten up the bass. Anyway, thanks for the responses.

JohnAK

The Mahler's are a great, a friend of mine has them and fortunately his room is quite large and the Mahler's do their disappearing act. I own the Beethovens and I absolutely love the way they make music as opposed to just sounds. You may be interested in their new speaker the Strauss which is supposed to be a baby Mahler priced around $6500. I just learned about it in the April edition of Stereophile (their CES report)

I have had a pair of Mahlers for about a year. I do not experience any issues with the bass response. I have the fronts about 3 1/2ft out from the back wall and 5 ft from the closest side wall. These speakers do require more room than others but if you set them up properly they do sound incredible.