Hello Charles,
I appreciate your insight on these speakers. Based on your evaluation I bought these used in abosolute mint condition off of Audiogon! I love them!!!
I was going to buy a NOS Von Schweikert VR-2's but opted for the the Opera Consonance Eric 3's! Thre VR-2's are monsters in size but do sound quite good. I preferred the Eric 3's sound because they are full and rich. I have a Nad M3 Integrated & Nad M55 universal player I was able to adjust the tone control/bass and treble to where it was acceptable in my room. I played all types of music; Eric Clapton, Robben Ford, James Taylor and each artist sounded very smooth but produced an exciting presentation. Sounding like a much larger pair of speakers. I didn't audition the speakers with tubes but I would like to try it one day. Overall cosmetically the cabinets are truly high quality and are made of first class veneer African Hazelwood unlike the Paradigm 100 V2's MDF board. This speaker is not perfect, but overall for the price you can't beat them! Not a whole lot to dislike. I prefer the size 38 1/2" H x 8 1/4 W x 12 1/2 D and they are a perfect fit for my room. My wife even likes them! I have had many speakers in my 30 year hobby including at the retail $6000.00 range and I can honestly say that this is the best bargain in a speaker that I have ever had. Don't laugh, they are Chinese made! Exactly where all the other high end speakers now have there speakers made for the European and North American market.
Thank again Charles for you talented analysis of these fine speakers!
Best regards,
Tim Audio01 / Audiogon
I appreciate your insight on these speakers. Based on your evaluation I bought these used in abosolute mint condition off of Audiogon! I love them!!!
I was going to buy a NOS Von Schweikert VR-2's but opted for the the Opera Consonance Eric 3's! Thre VR-2's are monsters in size but do sound quite good. I preferred the Eric 3's sound because they are full and rich. I have a Nad M3 Integrated & Nad M55 universal player I was able to adjust the tone control/bass and treble to where it was acceptable in my room. I played all types of music; Eric Clapton, Robben Ford, James Taylor and each artist sounded very smooth but produced an exciting presentation. Sounding like a much larger pair of speakers. I didn't audition the speakers with tubes but I would like to try it one day. Overall cosmetically the cabinets are truly high quality and are made of first class veneer African Hazelwood unlike the Paradigm 100 V2's MDF board. This speaker is not perfect, but overall for the price you can't beat them! Not a whole lot to dislike. I prefer the size 38 1/2" H x 8 1/4 W x 12 1/2 D and they are a perfect fit for my room. My wife even likes them! I have had many speakers in my 30 year hobby including at the retail $6000.00 range and I can honestly say that this is the best bargain in a speaker that I have ever had. Don't laugh, they are Chinese made! Exactly where all the other high end speakers now have there speakers made for the European and North American market.
Thank again Charles for you talented analysis of these fine speakers!
Best regards,
Tim Audio01 / Audiogon