Tidal speakers... particulary Tidal Sunray


Hello all,

I've been reading about Tidal speakers and was curious if anyone ever heard the Tidal Sunray or perhaps any other of their speakers.

The Sunray has 2x7" ceramic mid ranges, a 1.2" diamond tweeter and 4x9" woofers per speaker.

Based on the reading/research I've done it appears that Tidal manages to use the advantages of ceramic/diamond drivers, being detailed, transparent and fast, but managed to control their drawbacks namely potentially dry, clinical and thin sounding.

I currently use the Marten Coltrane but the Tidal appears very interesting as upgrade.

Appeciate if anyone is able to give their views on this speaker based on a listening session and if you agree with the above sound.

Also your view of this speaker in comparison with eg. the Avalon Isis, Rockport Altair, Peak Consult Dragon and Magico M5 is appreciated.

Many many thanks
maxx1973

Showing 10 responses by argyro

Wiredup we seem to agree on everything. Yes, although TAD wanted to invite you "into" the music sometimes it reminded me of old JBL's. It didnt have that "elegance" if I could say so we are so used in "high-end" audio. I suppose it ultimately lacked some transpareny and micro-detail.
I have heard the new Contriva with the ceramic drivers in several occasions and setups, quite easily one of the best sounds I have ever heard. Very neutral but quite musical as well!

Hope this helps,

Mike
Ozy please keep us updated, all this information could be usefull to many audiophiles! I will be soon be buying the Contriva and I wanna get as much info as possible for everything regarding their sound and behaviour.

Happy Listening,

Mike
Ozy I am considering using a Sovereign Glory amp and maybe a Wavac PR-T1 as a preamp. I really cant wait, sometimes I have a hard time sleeping...lol

On Saturday I listened to the Contriva for two hours with my own CDs (in the system presented in abouthifi.com) and I got goosebumps in every single track I was listening. The timbre is so so natural and real!

Happy Listening,

Mike
Friday was indeed not very good but on Sunday EASILY out of this world sound! Don't know what Jorn has done but I think he has found the holy Grail in speaker manufacturing!

I'm still in Munich and I can't get over the amazing sound I heard yesterday! Mind you I stayed in the room for 1 hour!!!!

Wish I'll be able to own these speakers one day!!!!!!
Yes it was indeed impossible to distinguish the system from live music! I know this statement sounds like I am exaggerating but it Is so true!
I am never listening to Tidals again, since the Sunday experience I cannot enjoy music at home anymore....lol
Fizzletop that's funny, I went on two different days to the Kharma room, sat in the best sit and couldn't stay more than 5 minutes! It just sounded, fake...Too much middle low frequencies, huge images and no resolution at all!

In the Tidal room you could sometimes swear you were attending a live performance!

Kind regards,

Mike