garebear

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Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
...correction : I bought the Olympica III's 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
I received the Sonus Faber Olympica II's a few days ago. I had previously owned the SF Cremona M's and as beautiful as they were - there was house sound and after a couple of years I changed them out. I will tell you right out of the box - the Oly... 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
I purchased the Sonus Faber Olympica III's ...yes after all that. I was very interested in the Vienna Acoustics Liszt - a tremendous speaker and also the Verity Audio Parsifals'.....this particular pair of Verity's were second hand almost 7 years ... 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
...as the OP or PIA in keeping this thread going....what about Verity Audio Parsifals ???? ...not the anniversary's .....I have a line on them 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
I will say that with all the press / reviews that the Sonus Faber Olympica III's received .....we have not heard from anybody on that speaker. Somebody had to of purchased them ....and compared them to others. Just commenting .... 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
........thanks Goose as I had owned the Ascendants as well as the Avalon Eclipse's for a number of years. I just could not get the bass just right on the Avalon's. 
Sonus Faber Olympica III or Vienna Acoustics Lists
Hello Goose - and thank you for your response. It seems that the Vienna's are a subjectively better speaker and will suite the music that I play. The Sonus Faber is a great speaker and a great company with more advertisement dollars ( Fine Group )... 
Allman Brothers Band -- Shades of Two Worlds
.......'' Shades of Two Worlds '' was amazing music by them along with ; '' Where it All Be Begins '' .....which I considered the twilight time of their recording careers. The common denominator was Dickie Betts. Like him or not he maintained that... 
What is the future for Proac Speakers ?
...I am not saying in anyway they are defunct or going under....just looking to see if anybody knows what's going on with them .....and say if I did buy a pair and something went wrong....where would a buyer find any re-course ? 
What is the future for Proac Speakers ?
..thank Audiogon members for your informative responses. Hopefully the usual cast of thread locusts have come and gone and maybe now I will get some real answers. 
Question for all Esoteric owners with clocks .....
Jafant - see above. The Cable Company never has what you are looking for and are sometimes a real pain to deal with. Just my opinoin ...but the connections have to be BNC which narrows it down. 
Question for all Esoteric owners with clocks .....
Thanks Cerrot but is not that easy ...the cables need BNC connections and there are just not that many around to audition ......so looking for people who have tested and listened to these cables on clocks and wondering if putting some money into t... 
Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck
Apples and oranges I am afraid here and a poor comparison if I say so Mr. Onhwy61 
Question for all Esoteric owners with clocks .....
I will jump start my own thread ....again ... if you upgrade the BNC cables on the Esoteric clock does it or will it make a sonic improvement ??? I currently have Purist Audio Provectus cables and was wondering if I upgraded to the PAD Dominus wou... 
Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck
Right to the point - he is not a musician. Will we even be mentioning his name in years to come, I hope to hell we are not and especailly along side of the likes that you have mentioned. I understand and realize at my age different generations con...