Spendor vs. Von Schweikert?

Arkio,

Spendors are very good speakers. I never said they will not work well with any other type of music. I just said spendors work very well with the type of music I played. I did not mention this earlier. I did play Pop & Jazz and it sounds darn good as well. I am not an audiophile. I play my audition discs and expect the speakers to put me in musical world. Spedors did that darn well and so did DynAudio Contour S1.4, Totems and Sonus Faber. But Von Schweikert failed to put me in the musical world.

Again I am not an audiophile. Von Schweikert may be producing the music precisely...I am not sure. What I know is, it did not emotionally involve me in the musical world. What is the point in accurate musical re-creation when the listener can not be emotionally involved in the music he is listenng to. Again, this is very personal opinion and can change from individual to individual

Grakesh

Hi,

I agree totally...totally with Dodgealum. I have listened to both Spendors ( S5e, S8e ) and Von Schweikert ( VR-1, VR-2 and VR4SR ). For my music preferences ( Sweet mid range, vocals and instruments ), Spendorfs are way far superior. Atleast for the discs I played, this is no comaparision. If your musical preference is Sweet sounding mid-range and good instruments, strings....you are better off with Spendors.

Grakesh

Arkio,

Spendors are very good speakers. I never said they will not work well with any other type of music. I just said spendors work very well with the type of music I played. I did not mention this earlier. I did play Pop & Jazz and it sounds darn good as well. I am not an audiophile. I play my audition discs and expect the speakers to put me in musical world. Spedors did that darn well and so did DynAudio Contour S1.4, Totems and Sonus Faber. But Von Schweikert failed to put me in the musical world.

Again I am not an audiophile. Von Schweikert may be producing the music precisely...I am not sure. What I know is, it did not emotionally involve me in the musical world. What is the point in accurate musical re-creation when the listener can not be emotionally involved in the music he is listenng to. Again, this is very personal opinion and can change from individual to individual

Grakesh

Arkio,

I have this opinion about Von Schweikert because I have heard VR4SR with DK Design Reference Integrated Amplifier which is an integrated amplifier with Tube Pre and SS Power. DK Design has very good reputation for being a very good amp. If I remember well, the cdp is CARY cdp I guess. But VR4SR costing almost 10K did not provide the musical rhythm that a $3000 Totem Forests (or) $3500 SF Cremona Auditors (or) $4800 SF Grand Piano (or) $4000 Totem Mani-2 (or) $1800 Spendor S5e (or) $3000 Spendor S8e could do. Again, this is a very personal opinion applicable to my music taste.

Grakesh

Robm321,

What type of music do you listen to ? I have seen reviews like this that say Von Scweikert is too good and went for audition with a high expectation. But for me they sounded so dull..un-inspiring..and un-emotinal...and un-involving. I was not disappointed with any speaker this much.

Grakesh

Robm321,

Speakers may be properly boken in as they have atleast 6 months of running time on them. They were driven by DK Design Reference Integrated. So I expect it to do a decent job.

Let us come to my taste. I like Vocals, Jazz, Instruments and need a musically involving sound. The speakers that have musically involved me are Totem Arros, Forests, Mani-2 and Sonus Faber Grand Piano and Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors. Dont you think these names are some of the decently musical speakers ? All these speakers have mesmerized me with their musicality.....but not Von Schweikert. So either my taste for music along with Totems and Sonus Fabers must be bad....or Von Schweikerts should be bad. I will leave it upto you.

Grakesh

Robm321,

I referred my opinions to my personal musical preferences. May be it is better for other music preference. Rememeber...we are comparing spendors and Von. If Chazro likes Spendors and asking for opinion to move to Von, my posts do make sense. Spendors, Totems and Sonus Faber have very similar genre when it comes to vocals, instruments and musicality....My point is Von does not fit into that genre.

Grakesh

Robm321,

Does it mean not only spendors....Sonus Fabers Cremona Auditors, Sonus Faber Grand Piano, Totem Arros, Forests and Mani-2 are all colored speakers too ? (Bcoz I liked them better than even spendors and my preference is for colored sound) In your summation that you provided in the last post...only Von Schweikert is the non colored speaker.

Grakesh