opinions on Coincident vs. HT Pro9


Is anyone familiar with both of these? I was really almost sold on the HT due to the whole single crystal thing etc, but now I also keep hearing good things about the CST from people I respect. My system is CaryCD303, Cary sli80, Shearwaters. Also, does anybody know where I can try before I buy with both brands? thanks, J
jay_carlson
As to bi-wiring, I do not know if a speaker sounds any better by a company making their speaker bi- or tri-wire. BUT, I feel if they designed it bi- or tri-wire it will perform better when used that way versus jumpers.

Leafs, I would like to hear the Coincident CST vs. the JPS SC2, I struggle to believe the Coincident sounds better, but I haven't had the benefits of both as you. Maybe sometime I'll get that chance, if so I'll comment.

In the Cable thread "Is 500 hours of break in really nec.?", I comment on a comparison between the Concident IC and JPS IC.
Does anyone care to comment on how they sound? Warm, cool, neutral, bright, mellow, something, anything. Brulee says night and day difference as compared to the FIM. Please, for the sake of Pete, and the love of God, say more.
oh, a description? oh yeah, sorry. They sound great! :-) But seriously, I'd have to say neutral, clear, open, dynamic. I get much better imaging too, my speakers have finally completely disappeared. Maybe nobody has bothered to describe them with the usual 'tinted' words because they really don't color things to either side of the usual polarized parameters we all talk about. They will be in my system longer than anything, I know, maybe forever,- which in the audiophile dictionary means at least a few years.
The TRS speaker cable can be offered biwired.The cable will then be internally configured so that half will be separated for highs /mids and the other half for bass.

With Coincident speakers( where all the crossover sections-high pass ,low pass etc.are completely separated and isolated from one another and are all individually run to the binding posts as opposed to being interconnected between sections and wiring all the hots and grounds and then connecting them to the binding post)biwiring offers no sonic benefit and may actually involve a sonic degradation due to the speaker cable used.Coincident only recommends biwiring when a customer has the intention of biamping his speakers.

We therefore ,recommend using our TRS jumper cables and using the TRS in a non biwire set up for better results.
Thanks Iblume! The bi-/tri-wiring I have done in the past was: 1) I used two sets of speaker cables. 2) My previous speakers were Linn AV-5140, designed with a tri-wire setup. I first used Linn's K-400 wire which has two separate runs within each wire for bi-wiring, and used their jumper plate for the third post. I later went to their K-600 which has three separate runs within each cable for tri-wiring.

I still have this old Linn wire but I can't really "play/compare" with it on my new amp as it doesn't accept bananna plugs.