MerrillAudio Veritas to drive Raidho D1 at NY Show

Dracule1,
I had the opportunity to audition the C1.1s recently. I agree with you completely. In fact, I have never heard another speaker that comes close to the stunning sound the C1.1s produce. I have not heard the D1s yet.

Haven't heard the D1 yet, but the C1.1 is very special. It can can fill up a medium size room wall to wall and floor to ceiling with realistic imaging and dynamic sound that is hard to believe for such a small speaker. Most importantly, it gets the timbre of instruments correctly. I look forward to the D1. According to a source I trust, the biggest difference is the significant increase in bass dynamics and power handling. If it truly outperforms the C1.1s, I'll be saving up.

I heard Raidho D1 at CES this January, IIRC with JRDG electronics and a JL sub. The CD demo included very aggressive violin and piano music selected by the speaker designer to show if the speaker could deliver sharp transients without stridency. It was an impressive demo-- loads of nuance and dimensionality and attack from those tiny monitors! Maybe a tad brittle, possibly due to a shortcoming of the CD source, which appeared to be a modest player that I didn't identify. However on a price-adjusted basis I'm not yet convinced and like you am looking forward to hearing the D1s once more in NYC.