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Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Hmm...So a guy who's into cars shouldn't care about how his car looks as long as it goes fast? So lets stick a Porche twin turbo engine into a Pinto and call it a Porche. Not many will buy it, right? A component's aesthetic design is an art, and I... 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Emailists, I did hear that system on two occasions, both times analogue sources. Sounded very natural, warm and smooth but lacked imaging and staging. Considering all the god awful expensive electronics (Wavac, Continuum, etc), I expected a much m... 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Atmasphere (Ralph?)Just thought I let you know. Robert of RSAD says MA-1 driving the Sasons is the best he's heard from his speakers. Do you do custom finishes on your amps? The look is a little too industrial for me. 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Macojack, I happen to stop by the Oswald room. Very unique lookin huge horn speakers, but I liked the sound. I was clear and dynamic but obviously needed a bigger room for the sound to open up. They sounded much more natural than the AvantGarde at... 
Ridge Street Audio Sason Ltd. Loudspeaker
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1224042256&read&keyw&zzsason 
RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...
David12, see my post on the RSA Sason:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1224042256&read&keyw&zzsason 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Naw..differences in opinion doesn't bother me much. But people who form opinions on components based on what others say and not having heard them themselves do bother me. 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Mapman, what you say may be true. But I don't think lots of speakers will sound as good as the Sasons - not in my 23+ years in this hobby. Synergy is very important, but very difficult to achieve by the consumer unless he/she has the cash to try m... 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
To put things into perspective, let's compare the Sason to another highly regarded 2 way speaker - the Magico Mini. I have heard these speakers at a dealer in Massachusetts within a dedicated treated 2 channel audio room (cost for the room alone t... 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Jfz, I agree with much of what you said. I can't see how anyone could evaluate an upstream component at a show. Perhaps I should have titled my post "My favorite SYSTEM at RMAF". 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Jfz, "final common pathway". Think of your speaker as the faucet in your home and the water comming from it is the sound. The water travels from the cloud, to the mountains, gets collected in multiple steams, rivers, to the aquaduct, to the reserv... 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Robert, good guess. You are correct. 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Sorry Robert, I stand corrected about the amps. Getting Fi and Ultra Fi mixed up. 12 and not 20 watts - I'm a little numerically dyslexic. 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Trelja, everyone has their set point for value. Obviously, I think Sasons are high value given the amount of manual work and quality of the components that goes into making a pair.I thought the Ultra Fi 20 watt SETs were not the best to show off t... 
Favorite Speakers at RMAF
Jfz, good question. The speaker is the final common pathway so I can only make somewhat of a valid assessment of the speaker, not the upstream components. I can't make any real valid assessment of the upstream components unless I already know how ...