CES 2012 – Nola Speakers
The Nola room is more or less the same year after year – as is their room at RMAF. Their Baby Grand Reference II speakers, Nordost Odin cabling. Audio Research equipment.
They do sound Enjoyable. They sound big and relaxed. In a sense they sound like big and relaxed Vandersteen Sevens – not having a real strong personality – i.e. they are not super transparent, of ultra high resolution, or super detailed bass.
Given their setups, the speakers must be at least somewhat forgiving – i.e. not super revealing/transparent to upstream components.
Having racks on the side of the room is somewhat problematic with respect to me photographing them if there are other people in the room because I would have to stand in front of a speaker to take the photos – severely mucking with any listener’s ability to hear one of the speakers.
The Nola Baby Grand Reference II loudspeaker
The Nola Baby Grand Reference II loudspeaker
The Nola Baby Grand Reference II loudspeaker
The Nordost Quantum Qx4 [creates strong, directed magnetic fields]
Yet another Audio Research ‘Reference 250’ monoblock amplifier
Mike, the Nordost Quantum QX4 in the picture above seems to be sitting by itself in the back of the Nola’s (or amps?) without powering anything. Have you experimented with these in any of your systems? If so what have you found are the best positions/uses with regards to auxiliary equipment and speakers? Thanks, Len