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Ribbon & ceramic, love them?

Just came back from the Stereophile show, was it fun.

As transparency and detail become the dominant factors in high-end audio, more and more speakers are using ceramic or ribbon drivers to add that last bit of extension and quickness. They are very fun and impressive to listen to, but they seem to sound more like electrostatic or ribbon everyday. One reason I stayed away from electrostatic or ribbon was their lack of "body", live music, even a small trumpet, moves more air than most of those speakers can handle. So are we gaining detail and transparency at the expense of losing emotional impact especially consider the price of admission?

What's your experience?
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muralman1
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I was there (at SF) too. I'm with you Labtec. It was a first time for me for a lot of big name speakers, and I was very dissapointed.

I liked the Totems, and Quads. Best of show, IMHO, was the room/amp/speaker/CDP, in that order, at the Cabasse room. It is the first set up I would ever consider, outside my own system.

As for ribbons, I enjoy good body, with the highest definition, listening to my old technology Apogee Scintillas.
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