Bass of the Meadowlark Osprey

Alright, I own a pair of the Osprey's and let me EMPHASIZE I broke in my speakers at moderate listening levels... loud talking levels, however not shouting... I say this due to the fact my pair easily required 5-600 hours before the bass started to flesh out under the 45-50 Hz range. As for system matching I have a Unison Research Unico (NOS Mullard input tubes) coupled with a Jolida JD-100A (NOS Bugle Boy tubes) cd player. All cabling is Synergistic Research, with all going through a Balanced Power Tech BP-3.5. The Osprey's are nothing short of glorious. The finesse, detail, natural timbre, harmonics, dynamics both micro and macro... I have owened Thiel, Martin Logans, Soliloquy, Dynaudio, and the like. These will be here to stay... However, if you are looking for floor shaking bass, these may not deliver, they do go deep and are acurate, articulate and correct in timbre, they may not rattle your windows if that is more important than all around sonic integrity.

By the way... anyone esle get any custom woodwork done on their Ospreys? I went with the Pommele Sapele sides with a Mahogany Baffle with Walnut stringer... they look good. Let me know if anyone wants picks...

I last reported my experience with the Ospreys on 7/28. After about another 150hours the sound is getting very good. The bass while not particularly deep yet is very fast and musical which is nice combination. Overall the sound is improving in every way with much improved smoothness and imaging. Overall an impressive transformation but again requiring about 250-300 hours to bring this about. Placement with this speaker is wider than I have used in the past with minimal toe-in. I am also placing them closer to the wall than usual but I am not losing the imaging that tends to happen with some speakers. Overall these are turning out to be what I was hoping for though I hope the bass does get markedly deeper. At this point they blend with my subwoofer better than any other speaker I have had.