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Currently using the YG Anat Rerence II Studio and found it to be very dynamic, detailed and accurate. When I say accurate, I mean a Steinway must sound like one and not a Yamaha, a Fender must not sound like a Gibson and most of all, the vocal must sound close to the one I've heard life in concert. Eg. Linda Ronstadt I heard in her concert should sound the same in my living room. When I play Fleetwood Mac's Tusk (as high as 100db), I want to hear the USC Marching Band walking across my living room and Stevie Nick's voice should be same, just like I've seen them performed in LA. Also when Roger Taylor hit the bass drum in We Will Rock You, I want to feel the impact hitting my chest, just like when I am standing in front of a drummer in a rock concert. The Rebecca Pigeon's Spanish Harlem in Stereophile Test Disc on depth says the drum should be about 10ft behind, I want to get the same kind of imaging and depth too. My Anat can produce that by the way. Maybe not 10ft but more like 6 ft.as my speaker is place only 4ft away from the wall.

Most reviewers of Hifi speaker will rate system on whether it is musical, can the music move you, the layering of notes, etc. To me, I don't care for any of that, I care more for the pure hifi part, that is, soundstaging, depth, accuracy of instruments and vocal and the details. I'm the type who also looks for minor details like a singer taking a breath, or audience coughing like the Harry Belafonte Live in Carnigie Hall album. I should also be able to hear clearly the background news report in Simon & Garfunkel's Wednesday Morning 3am. Another good example is Eagle's Hell Freezes Over XRCD. I've seen the DVD and live performance and that is a very good indication on whether the speaker can reproduce the same result in my living room. So basically, it's like bringing the concert all/stadium/lounge into my living room. My listening is more like Hifi 80% and Music 20%.

I'm sure there are many people listening to their system the same way as I do and would like to know if they have encountered a speaker that can produce that kind of sound/environment in their home. The YA Anat is pretty close but there may be one even better. Perhaps the latest YG Sonja may be closer to what I want.
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Loftarasa wrote 'At this level of absolute naturalism, isn't one's room acoustic more a limiting factor than the speakers?'

Not really - regardless of room acoustics you can hear the increase in dynamics reducing resonances brings.

It's not generally preferred however. I have sat with people in front of two sets of speakers where pretty much the only difference is one pair is lined with steel to combat resonances. The steel lined pair sounded much more dynamic and alive, revealing greater detail. But guess what - some prefer the other pair describing it as too in your face. Every measurement will show the steel lined pair is better - but that does not necessarily equate to sounding better to a given listener.

Check out the following review:
http://www.stereomojo.com/LENEHAN%20ML1%20REFERENCE%20SPEAKER%20REVIEW/LenehandML1ReferenceSpeaker.htm

To one person - ho hum - to another - WOW. They measure superbly - on any objective measure an exceptional speaker - but one person didn't like them.

Its got to do with what tricks your brain into saying this is real- that varies from person to person.

Thanks
Bill
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