The lovely Capriccio Continuo Admonitor 311's a real gem. Your thoughts?

Congrats on your speakers Bill I'd never heard of them 'til your post but did some googling they look great! Cheers and happy listening looks like a nice system you have!

Glad you found a heavenly match.
Jealous to hear them with the V4’s.
What tubes you cookin’?
Enjoy.

They look beautiful and that’s a damn fine preamp too! Very nice system...enjoy. I recognize the silver bass drivers in those speakers from another brand of speakers that was being marketed with some success a few years back in the US, but they aren't here anymore. They were definitely foreign, but I don't remember from where. I can't recall the brand, maybe someone else here will remember.

roxy54, were you thinking of Volent speakers?

souljasmooth,
Yes, that's the name! Whatever happened to them? Beautiful looks, and ribbon tweeters as I recall.

Hi Fuzztone, it took me a while to get here and I am done for the time being. Winter is around the corner and I look forward to listening to music and discovering new music. The V4's were bought used but in very good condition and they came with KT88's. The sound is so airy, great low end and the treble just shines. I am not good with words and don't know all the audio lingo yet but I am very pleased. The monitors sell for about $5,900 CAD and the matching stands are rather expensive but they look best matched with their stands. Now I want and need to win the lottery so I can buy the sub monitors that replace the stands. I won't be buying them anytime soon as they cost about $20,000 CAD for the pair. 

Roxy54, the drivers are ATD drivers and the midrange/subwoofer is based on or is a Zellaton sandwich driver? I've not read enough yet to be clear on that. Extremely fast drivers that, I guess, provide the clarity in the sound. I am shocked how tiny they are and I am not a fan of gloss black. 

The Capriccio's had a version with the ribbon tweeters as well. The dealer who sold me the speakers felt that the version I was buying had a better high end. 

Here is the review at 6moons.com. The speakers I bought have a gloss  black finish and the tweeter is different from the ones in the review. 

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/capriccio/1.html 

http://www.charismaaudio.com/?page_id=90

Bill from Nova Scotia

wgs57,
I'm no expert on these things, but I'm sure that they're not by Zellaton, and I don't even think that they're trying to imitate them. These drivers have a distinctive curved flare whereas the Zellaton drivers go in a straight line from the center to the edge. These also have a different speckled appearance. I thing they're really striking, and I remember reviewers saying that they had amazing resolution.

The gentleman talked about Zellaton drivers but it might not have been in relation to the CC’s. My memory is not as good as it used to be lol. I thought there was a connection. I think they might have in common that they are sandwich drivers? Again, I should research before making a comment. 

Nice looking little speaker. I like the option to add woofers down the line.
The problem is that at $6,000.00 a pair you can have a pair of Magnepan 3.7i's. Granted there is a huge size differential but...
Undoubtedly they are much more competitive price wise in Europe. 

I am a little late to the party, but i just recently purchased a set from Bernard at Charisma Audio in Ontario. I have them paired with a Sugden IA-4 pure class A amp, and i could not be happier. They are a very musical and focused speaker, the clarity is insane. I compared them to my Dynaudio special 40’s, and there was no comparison. The 311 is a far superior speaker in every way. Mind you the 311’s were $3000.00 more than the S40’s . I listen to a wide variety of music, but mostly jazz, blues and classical. These speakers pull out annunciation far above anything else i have heard. The more you toe them in, the bigger the soundstage gets. i have an extreme toe in right now, and it works in the environment i have them in And the musicians move all over the stage, its hard to explain. As for the Magnepan’s ? I watched a review this morning that claimed you need a 500 wpc amp to drive them otherwise they sound distorted.

Hilroy48, you will enjoy these speakers very very much. I switched out my solid state preamp for a tube preamp paired with my Quicksilver V4 mono blocks with my Capriccio Continuo Admonitor and the sound was phenomenal. These little speakers are amazing. I am now selling my mono blocks and have a Class A power amp on its way that I am very keen to try. Congratulations on your choice of speaker! I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts! I listen to jazz, folk, classical and I love female vocals on these speakers, like from Melody Gardot. 

Did you receive your class A amp yet? What are your thoughts thus far.  I know my Sugden is a great match with these speakers. I also have an Aqua La Voce S3 dac and an Audiolab 6000 CDT. For analog, i have a Rega P3 with Goldring 2300 cart, With Michael Lim platter upgrades.  Cables are Madison Audio Lab E3Extreme2 Speaker Cables