THE main system: Audio Note, Nordost, Rix Rax and Emmlabs
These speakers, this system, actually does fill up the room with sound. It is amazing.
Not quite the easy open bass the Triolon bass towers had- but few systems have THAT large of a sound.
But the bass goes down on both this and the previous system to about the same frequency, and with about the same resolution… so there ARE similaritities.
And here, the soundstage is a more reasonable 6 or 7 feet tall, instead of 20 feet – so it is, as always, about tradeoffs. And at about 1/4 the price… we are happy with this being the primary system… for awhile.
I will have to take more photos of the Ongaku on the Rix Rax outpost amp stand. It was just a kind of accident that this got set up this way – the HRS going out on a local audition this week – but this looks really … farout man.
The two are about the same size and it is as if were made for each other. And Neli polished up both of them, which doesn’t hurt the visuals either.
Sonically… we are playing with power cords and have a $2 OEM cord on the Ongaku to establish a frame-of-reference… so can’t say anything yet.
Testing new comments scheme that only allows humans to post comments for a change… 🙂
Mike: What are the speakers in the picture?
Jim
Hi Jim,
Ah, the days when we could see out the windows 🙂
Those are the previous version of the same Audio Note AN/E SEC Signature speakers that we have now. They used to have paper drivers (instead of the blue hemp drivers) and the crossover used to be in an external box, there beside the speakers, instead of in the speaker’s stand like ours is now. Also a different wood on those speakers whose name I forget [Neli would know].
Happy Holidays to you can Carla! [can’t believe Christmas is here so quickly. we usually play lots of holiday music to get us in the mood – let us know it is that time of year – but can’t do shootouts and auditions with just holiday music, can we? :-)]
Take care,
-Mike