Finally found THE SPEAKER!!!


I have been a HiFi guy starting at 12 years old with my father passing along the love. We would spend almost every weekend auditioning speakers looking to find the perfect system. We purchased many speakers over the years and they all had their pros and cons, but the trade off always seemed to be nuanced and delicate vs. dynamic and punchy. When auditioning speakers people would always ask what kind of music do you like to listen to? Rock, female vocals, classical, etc... We had/have eclectic taste and would listen to it all. Why could't a speaker just play all of it?!?! Anyway my love for music, sound, etc... became my profession as I am now an Oscar nominated Supervising Sound Editor with well over 150 movies under my belt.

For the last 5 years I have been looking for speakers that can play films at reference levels with all the detail and punch, yet when I want to listen to music can give that nuanced and detailed imaging, space, air, articulation without being harsh and fatiguing. I have listened to SO MANY speakers and spent hundreds of hours auditioning everything I could find. I would fall in love with something for music and then try play one of my films at reference level and it just never gave me the impact I was looking for. I get it - hard to move a lot of air and still be nuanced and articulate. There are some excellent compression drivers/horns that can do the impact stuff, but for me they always have that harsh edge when it comes to music. The flip side with dome type tweeters I have found things have to be pushed to the edge to try to give that theatrical impact. Looking for the quick transient response of an electrostatic, with the punch of compression driver type of system.

Then a dealer recommend I listen to some speakers from Wisdom Audio. I have to admit I was pretty skeptical at first. I read about these and it all sounded like marketing to me, but the dealer I was talking with said he was blown away by them. So I reached out to the company and setup a demo. They use planar magnetics which is not exactly new, but is very difficult to manufacture. I asked them to have one of my films available to listen to. I chose one that I knew extremely well that has a LOT of dynamic punch as well as subtle nuance. I live in Los Angeles and the company is in Carson City, Nevada. I bought an airplane ticket and I was off. I was treated to a tour of the factory and shown how the speakers were made. USA manufactured!! Then we spent a few hours listening to all types of music on different ranges of speakers. I LOVED what I was hearing with the music part of the audition. Then I asked to hear my film in their theater. I expected to be disappointed based on what I had experienced in the past. Then it happened... I heard the film play and it sounded AMAZING! These speakers could do it all!!! No compression, no fatigue, HiFi sound and still able to play theatrical film tracks as they are meant to be heard. In fact - better! I called my wife in disbelief that my search for "The Speakers" was finally over! I even called my father to tell him what I had just heard. It was the impressive! I remind you - I do this for a living!

Since we are undergoing a major remodel at our home, my wife expected that the family room was going to be filled with big speakers as she has become accustomed to living with me. With some of these Wisdom Audio speakers, they are actually designed to be flush mounted in the wall. I thought there is no way a wall mounted speaker could ever sound as good as a traditional speaker. I was so wrong!! So not only did I find the perfect speaker, but not big boxes in the room 3 feet away from any walls! My wife was thrilled.

If you have never heard speakers by Wisdom Audio you need to find a dealer where you can audition them, or fly to the factory for a private demo!

Best,
Andrew
drewde
So much for your "eerie feelings" but what did you do now for the feeling of the OP reading you?

My own " eerie feeling" is your post is an injust accusation by association....

Sorry ....

One of us is wrong, then the best way is muting ourself....And not risking to hurt feeling...

I apologize to you for my post....But......




@deep_333 

I get your concern, but I have responded to this question enough I believe.

I technically am NOT yet an owner as it will still be a few months before I have the speakers installed in phase 2 of our remodel.

I am not sure what else I can tell you except that I made my original post out of my enthusiasm for the love of "sound."

I very much look forward to giving further impressions once I finally have these speakers installed.

Best,
Drew
@mahgister 
Thank you for your support! One of you is right, and in this case it happens to be you!

I will continue to express my thoughts and share my experience for those interested. I very much appreciate the support and experiences of those who have shared thoughts on some of my questions.

Best,
Drew
@musicaddict 

Wow! I would love to have that setup! Especially with the Rocky Mountains in the background for stereo listening!!! Doesn't get much better than that!

I would love to have a dedicated theater room! That would be ideal, but...

I have not listened to the Raidho D2 speakers. I would like to listen to them. Do find them to be laid back, more forward sounding or neutral?? 

What do you use for your home theater setup?

I completely agree with you about room calibration. While it can't completely resolve poor room acoustic design, it can definitely make a huge improvement! I have heard the difference and am sold. I have also heard some "auto correction" that did more harm than good. So it is always good to start with room treatment when possible, but that is obvious to anyone on this site.

Sounds like a great system for music listening. 

Best,
Drew


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