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Review: Vienna Acoustics Mahler Speaker

Category: Speakers

I have owned many speakers, as my list of former speakers reveals, and auditioned many more. I have been on a long journey searching for the system and speakers that would bring me satisfication. I have finally reached the end of my journey with the Mahlers.

I've have always been partial to ScanSpeak drivers, and many of my former favorite speakers employed Scanspeak, but Vienna Acoustics has mated them with a pair of Eton woofers in each cabinet creating a speaker that brings it all home for me.

The Mahlers have it all: full range, powerful, highly detailed yet sweet, coherent, and superb imaging and soundstaging. Nothing is exaggerated or lacking.

In some systems or rooms, the bass may be to much, but my room is very heavily damped, so there is no problem with bass nodes or boominess.

They can play quite loudly and reproduce lifelike, concert hall effects, but may not be the absolute last word in reaching the loudest spl's. This is not an issue for me.

They are on the large side, 50" tall and 150 lbs, so they should be in a large enough room. The fit & finish is top quality furniture grade.

I'm not sure if they are available in the US anymore, but if you are able, I highly recommend them. Mine are not for sale...

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Audio Research VT200 200wpc tubed amp;
Audio Valve Eklipse tubed preamp;
Classe CDP .5 cd player as transport;
Perp. Tech P-3A dac with Level 3 Modwright mods and Monolithic Power Supply;
Rega Planer 25 Turntable and tonearm with Dynavector Cartridge and Lehman Black Cube with upgraded PWX power supply;
All ZuCable wire;
Tritium Triphazers;
Commercially used balanced isolation transformers

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guidocorona
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Yes, the amazing Mahler speakers are available in the USA at this time. I believe Vienna Acoustics is imported by SUMIKO. I heard them for the first time very recently at the AudioFest in Denver. The mahlers were featured in the Soundings / Rowland room together with the equally staggeringly amazing Rowland 312 amplifier. The host of the room, Mark Krekeler of Soundings in Denver, had the pleasure of seeing me and my cohorts crawling back and begging for admission a total of 4 times for the priviledge to listen to them and to the 312. I just could not have enough of these creatures. The system had by far the most musically and emotionally satisfying sound in all the show, regardless of price.
The web site of Soundings is:
http://www.soundingshifi.com
Problem is. . . I am deeply in love with both Vienna Mahlers and Rowland 312. . . but have the budget for neither!
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