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Any Vienna acoustics love out there? Anyone even still using them?

Don't hear much about them anymore.  I ask because I moved my Bach Grands from the living room (where they don't get much use) down into my basement main listening room today.  Wanted to hear them with my Hegel h360, which I have never done.  I was quickly reminded why I bought them in the first place.  Great imaging/center image and instrument separation, excellent soundstage, sweet midrange.  Warm, full sound you can listen to all day long.  Can a speaker be on the warm side and still detailed?  If so, I would say these fit the bill.  Not the best for dynamics or that 'live' feeling, but that's not what I bought them for.   

Anyway, interested in anyone's VA experience in general.
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itsjustme
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I have Mahlers "upstairs" and love them. I knew nothing about them before i stumbled on this pair.  With a little attention they are extraordinarily transparent.  And have real bass extension.  Can be very room / setup dependent and are finicky about being driven - they reveal what they are given, good or bad.
itsjustme
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as to detail vs warm. never confuse an over-ly forward treble with detail. It just creams it at you, like SNL's version of closed captioning for that hearing impaired. real detail comes from resolution, a lack of maskng resonances, and a very low noise floor.
The "rising treble makes for details" school is why i hate so many MC cartridges and in fact speakers in general.  yes I'm talking to you Sonus Faber.
itsjustme
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How much more juice do the Musics need that their predecessor the Mahlers?  While they can use it, I've driven mine with my prototype integrated amp that has less than 35 wpc (but unconditionally stable and very high peak current).  In normal use i have two amps sitting right there that can be used as 60 wpc "kinda class A" stero (1) or 240wpc monos (2). I rarely go to the trouble of driving them as monos - i part because it complicate testing but also because the benefit is modest.
itsjustme
681 posts
 
actually then the mahlers are a tougher load 89 or 90 dB i believe.
thanks
a 91 dB speaker is not that difficult. the 4 ohms means it must be a real power amp, btu these are $25k speakers after all.
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