Daedalus

I hereby swear never to prevaricate again. Audiophiles' honor. But don't ya mean 'pontificate' or something? Doesn't prevaricate mean to lie?! Subjectivity it all is, but I tell it like I hear it.

Of course you realize, my next review will now likely read, "I liked this preamp. A lot. Really."
Maybe that'll be refreshing. Definitely easier to write.

Seriously, I really DID want to chime in on this thread a time ago, but the review was in process and I didn't want to give away the plot. The DA-RMa is truly a great and balanced loudspeaker. I love them, I bought them and I highly recommend them. Lou's a great guy too.

David

No-- unfortunately I have never heard the 1.1 or the 2.1 or for that matter, the Ulysses. Of course, I would love to-- and if they are any 'better' than the DA-RMa- well-- that would be amazing.
I will certainly try to hear the Ulysses in the future. Right now I am still single and moving around the country a bit for my job, so I just figured the DA-RMas would make easier traveling companions due to their size and would also fit into smaller listening rooms better.
But in the future when I am (hopefully) more settled-- I will definitely be auditioning the Ulysses (when I have the room). I feel those could very well be a 'last-speaker-ever' kind of speaker for me!!

As I haven't read Marty's Daedalus review yet (I will- I'm a subscriber but im out of state right now so cant get to the mailbox)- Nglazer, if you have, could you tell me his 'reservations' about the Ulysses? What made the review less than 'glowing'? Since I'm getting near 'live' sounding music in my humble abode especially with smaller scale works- and my emotional involvement meter is pegged (and I've heard hundreds of speakers over the years) 'enquiring' minds want to know!! Now!!

PS- I positively hated the Lowes 6 gauge cables Marty loves. I set them up as recommended and broke them in etc and... threw them out (literally) after about two months of subbing them in to different systems. Could those cables be the problem? ;)

NGlazer, sorry if I implied you were dissing anyone - I didnt mean to! I was just wanting a bit of a preview about the Daedalus review before I get home and check it out.
I agree with Lou that the Daedaluses are either 'sensitive' to cabling or 'revealing' of its inadequacies... or both! I've for example, played around with 4 or 5 different speaker cables during the review and some have dulled things a bit (to the point of boredom actually) and some have made things too forward and some.... you get the idea.
Had I only heard the DA-RMa's with say, the QED Silver anniversary cables I have on hand, I would have thought them somewhat constrained sounding. Once I switched to the Red Wine Cables, the sound became more immediate and upfront and pacey. To my ears- it was a BIG difference. Analysis cables confused things in terms of the focus of individual instruments for example, whereas the wonderful Audio Art SE cables and the similarly wonderful Skywire cables sharpened the focus and let the music roll again!
Marty has raved about products such as the Gallos (yah- so have many) and the Lowes 6 gauge (so have few). Having heard both products at length, I do err....appreciate the Gallos. Yes- 'appreciate' is the appropriate word here. As for the Lowes cables, well, the less said the better.
So perhaps my musical tastes are not well aligned with his; which is maybe why I'm so anxious to see what 'criticisms' he might have of something I love and have chosen to live with. Maybe it'll give me a better understanding of what he values as an audiophile/insight into our differences and all that jazz?!

LOL!!! I know it's 'glowing'-- I wrote it ;)