I have had the 685's for a year and they sound great (I use the plugs w/o the center closed) and the highs are wonderful. They each sit on two Symposium Fat Pads, on desktop (well worth the upgrade, IMHO). I paired them with a Cayin A50T Intergrated amp and I am very impressed with the sound. (Not really efecient w/TRIAD but perfect with Ultralinear). I am using my PC in lieu of CD Player (firewire out into M Audio Fire Wire Solo, into Monarchy DIP into Musical Fidelity XDAC V3 with PSU) and the sound is so good it scears me. They image incredibly well, are very transparent and revealing and the female vocals are magical. My main rig is solid state ad I always wanted to hea what the tube thing was about. The 685's sound great and now I know what the fuss about tubes are.
I use Nordost Red Dawn IC's and regular Monster speaker wire-biwired. There are 4 single ended inputs.
I use Nordost Red Dawn IC's and regular Monster speaker wire-biwired. There are 4 single ended inputs.