Daedalus Ulysses

I own a pair of Daedalus Poseidon, but have listened to most of Lou speakers when I went to visit him except for the Zeus, I came from Blades , Magnepan 1.7i and another couple of other speakers listened to and auditioned plenty , if I ever do replace my Poseidon would be with either with the Apollo 11 or Trenner & Friedl "Pharoah " or the Tidal Akira Speakers which maybe way out of what I want to spend on Speakers the cheaper option may be the T & F Pharoah which go for between 8K to 13K and are very musical But so far I am very happy with what I have they probably image best in my room , tonally yes ! very accurate crisp & articulate yes ! you can, not only distinguish between cymbals but even layers of different instrument! providing if you do have the right electronics , Plasticy Bass ??? no way! but true it does lack a bit of bass but when Bass is there in the recording you can feel the vibration right on your sitting position , I for one prefer not to use a subwoofer although own a Dr. Hsu VTF MK11 with a15 " paper woofer I use the Sub for HT which is a totally different system from my two channel listening. Ask to audition the speakers with someone living close to you or call Lou most people seem to like the new 10 " woofer on the Apollo series I for some reason prefer the two 8" woofers I think they are pretty fast tonally accurate and just about the right Bass when I play Mahler Symphony 7 with Ivan Fischer or my favorite test recording of Bach Sonatas & Partitas by Giulano Carmignola the Violin sounds so realistic even the plucking the strings with bow you can feel it and hear the crispy ness I also tend to agree they may not be 97.5 efficient but have no  problem driving them with low power tube amps.

Recently used a pair of REL T/9i they supposedly go down to 28HZ , I am sending them back to get either REL G 1 MK 2 or a pair of REL S/812 as has been suggested to me I can say this My Poseidon's did sound a bit more ( smidge)fuller  don't know why? I did find the mid's  seem to be more clear ?? even though   I only listen to 2 channel music on this system rest of my equipment being QuickSliver 60 watts mono's with high damping factor , Wywire Daedalus Speaker Cables 2 sets of WYwire Diamond Interconnects,  Don Sach Pre-2, PS audio Directstream DAC with Bridge card, Oppo 205 for transport  For room treatment 1st  reflection points treated  with recently acquired GIK panels other than  that heavy curtains  and strategically placed sofa and furniture I use the Radio Shack SPL meter  consistently to achieve a 75 db level but only listen in at about 68 db at the most