Do Acoustic Zen Adagios still live up to the Hype

i have mine for at least three years now, run them with 100wpc tube amp monoblocks, and really love the sound. if your not happy with these, its only because you are used to much more expensive speakers, or your equipment upstream is inadequate. the ribbon tweeter on these is very nice and non-fatiguing. the look and finish is beautiful. i got mine for 2k, delivered. at those prices, you just cannot go wrong.

Fsonicsmith,

Are you sure about mirrored binding posts?

I can't remember ever having a pair of speakers where binding posts were mirrored and I've been at this since 1972.

If you think about it, having mirrored binding posts would mean that you'd have to be very careful everytime you unhooked and moved your speakers to make sure that you reconnected them correctly.

Chuck

My B+Ws have mirrored posts. I may very well be wrong as to what most speaker manufacturers do. I believe I am correct that most amp manufacturers (high end at least) mirror their posts. The big picture is that I want to make sure my Adagios are in phase with each other.

You can check the polarity of the woofers with a battery. Establish a connection between the + battery terminal and the + input on the speaker, and likewise between the - battery terminal and - input. Watch the woofer cones. They should snap forward for a normal-polarity connection. Repeat on the other speaker.

I don't use mirror-imaging of the input connectors on my speakers, and don't recall owning speakers that do, but there wouldn't be anything wrong with it.

Duke
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