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My quest for a pair of Tonian Labs speakers was finally realized Yesterday

About 3 years ago I started researching Tonian Labs speakers.  I saw an ad for a pair on Audiogon or US Audio Mart and read the description and thought  these sound like something I am looking for.  Most of the ads I saw were on the west coast. I live in the Mid Atlantic area.  So for 3 years I never had a chance to audition a pair.  I decided to place a wanted ad on US Audio Mart. Within a few days a gentleman from Ct. responded and said how excited he was with his model Tonians and was excited for me in my quest to find a pair to listen to and hopefully buy.  He didn't have any for sale because he loved their sound quality and said he would be buried with them.  The next day a guy in Pa. responded saying he had a pair for sale.  They are the model TL-P1 with a Philips driver and a Fountek tweeter.  These speakers are 95 DB sensitivity.  I heard them play with a Line Magnetic 218A  3 wpc  amplifier and the sound was so organic and alive sounding. The speakers completely disappeared.  The are now sitting in my listening room. I am amazed every time I play my music.  I would like to hear from anyone who has listened to Tonians or owns a pair. I would appreciate any comments.

jessie91
jessie91 OP
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jessie91 OP
16 posts
 

The Tonians are driven with this Line Magnetic 218A  3 wpc integrated amplifier using EL84 output tubes.

mike_f
53 posts
 

These are up for sale on US Audio Mart right now.

Are you selling them ? 

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nonoise
10,576 posts
 

I remember Tony telling me about a run of speakers he made with some NOS Philips drivers and those look really nice.

All the best,
Nonoise

pdspiegel
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I recently purchased a pair of current production Tonian Lab Oriaco G6 speakers and am just delighted.

I heard Tony's speakers at the last two THE Shows in Long Beach, California and was impressed both times with how natural they sounded.  In other words, a clarinet sounded like a clarinet, a trumpet like a trumpet, etc.  In addition, they nicely reproduced space when captured on the recording and transients sounded right.

Volt Lites (Burbank, CA) is now a dealer for Tonian Lab speakers and Grant Dunn brought a pair to an audio friend of mine to audition.  The speakers sounded as great as I remembered from the show, so I asked and got permission to try them out at my home afterwards.

I did.  I loved them.  I bought them.

I don't change speakers often keeping most 5-10 years.  My last pair were single drivers with entrancing coherence, but other short comings.  The Oriaco G6 maintain the single driver-like coherence but extend the frequency range both directions and present much more clarity, nuance, and detail.  

My Tonian Lab Oriaco G6 speakers bring me joy and delight on all styles of music I play through them from any source.  I'm a very happy customer.

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