I can understand Tlday's response - I doubt Europas will impress anyone on first listen unless conditions are appropriate.
I bought my Europa's used, having not listened to them previously. I did so based on all of the raves on this site and elsewhere.
On first listen I would say my reaction was the same as Tlday's - unimpressive. Actually, I was a little dissapointed. That was after one or two cd's; however, I played on, and shortly began to hear things I hadn't before. I also had to tweak the placement and they got better. I read more more of the discussions here - especially regarding break-in, and even though mine were used, they had less than 100 hrs on them. Long story short, I played on and as they burned in (I would say about 300 hrs) they lived up to the hype.
For the money they can't be beat. Some recordings they treat rudely, but more often on most recordings they will blow you away.
I bought my Europa's used, having not listened to them previously. I did so based on all of the raves on this site and elsewhere.
On first listen I would say my reaction was the same as Tlday's - unimpressive. Actually, I was a little dissapointed. That was after one or two cd's; however, I played on, and shortly began to hear things I hadn't before. I also had to tweak the placement and they got better. I read more more of the discussions here - especially regarding break-in, and even though mine were used, they had less than 100 hrs on them. Long story short, I played on and as they burned in (I would say about 300 hrs) they lived up to the hype.
For the money they can't be beat. Some recordings they treat rudely, but more often on most recordings they will blow you away.