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Contenders are here

I just received my new Nola Contender 3, serial numbers 603 and 604! Built to order, no stock kept, at least at my dealer. I have only plated them about three hours, long way to go to break them in! I can tell you that they match beautifully with my Mac MA 252. Out of  the box they are phenomenal sounding, just like all Carl Marchisotto designs, you get a wall of sound full of definition and incredibly low end perfectly clear! I am listening to my original Sade Promise on vinyl and it sounds magnificent. Mishima sounded powerful and elegant in the appropriate passages. Stanley Clarke's lowest bass notes in The Romantic Warrior were clear very low! Miles sounded amazing ... I could go on for a while so I will stop. I will continue to break them in and will post as they progress! 

bogiedr2
kevin60
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I had the Contender S2's awhile ago  great speaker and they get even

better as the you go through break in. Enjoy 

soix
9,456 posts
 

I lust after a pair of Nola KO2s.  Nola speakers just seem to get priced through the stratosphere as they go to version 3 or Gold, etc.  Not saying they’re not worth it, but Jeez!

bogiedr2 OP
14 posts
 

Celtic great catch ... yes they are tasty! Everyone else thank you. Four hours in and the sound awesome Can't wait for the breaking period to end! 

By the way, sometimes it takes me a while to log in and chat, stage 4 cancer with no remission changes plans by the minute. if I don't respond right away, it's chemo brain at work! Have a drink on me! Celebrate life any way you can! Listening to music is an awesome way to do it! My blog references all of this in music, equipment and dealing with life these days! If interested it is outside-edges.com. You are welcome to email through the blog! Thanks everyone! 

musicaddict
370 posts
 

Congrats on the speakers; I've always enjoyed Nola's models at shows over the years. They will almost certainly sound better after being mechanically broken in over 100+ hours to loosen everything up. Have fun with them!

bogiedr2 OP
14 posts
 

Enjoying the Nola's very much. I am lucky to have a wife that enjoys this hobby. After I told her my budget could stretch to $2500.00 she calmly said, "I'll match your $2500.00, what can you get that you will love till the day you die. The following week we ordered and 30 days later they were here, birth certificate and all signed by Carl. Awesome experience!

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