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A23gt
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I think you hit it. They definitely have that vibe.
Power hungry beasties that require good upstream components, and are unmerciful to bad recordings. Really nice when fed a proper diet though. Not something you see everyday in Kentucky. (Although we do have more than our fair share of Thiels)
Believe it or not, I've seen a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III very credibly drive a pair of E-SEs. In triode mode, where it's only putting out about 65 watts per channel.
Surprised the heck out of me, and pretty much everyone else that's heard it, but it did it. Really good sound.
Yes, I would usually want to use at least 100w/ch on those- preferably a bit more- but in a reasonably small room, they can do wonderful things on less power.
And, actually- they're less unmerciful to recording quality, than the similarly priced Magico A5 or the Acora SRC-1. The E-SE speakers are reasonably forgiving, compared to a lot of stuff in that performance class- without giving up resolution, tonal balance and speed.
Regards,
Gordon.
Surprised the heck out of me, and pretty much everyone else that's heard it, but it did it. Really good sound.
Yes, I would usually want to use at least 100w/ch on those- preferably a bit more- but in a reasonably small room, they can do wonderful things on less power.
And, actually- they're less unmerciful to recording quality, than the similarly priced Magico A5 or the Acora SRC-1. The E-SE speakers are reasonably forgiving, compared to a lot of stuff in that performance class- without giving up resolution, tonal balance and speed.
Regards,
Gordon.
A23gt
Nobody special
I haven’t heard much in their class as very few people I know place their disposable income into audio, but E3’s that I listened to were very enjoyable. (A little different looking than the ones in this thread)
The rear facing ribbon tweeter was a nice touch. I didn’t know how much I would enjoy that until I was listening from the suboptimal seat.
Much of my opinion was simply what I got from the owner. I though they sounded fantastic with his system, but he also some really nice supporting equipment.
I’m surprised the Chronus Magnus did so well. I would have thought it would be pushed into distortion at higher volumes, with more dynamic material. It’s one of my favorite modern era tube amps, but I didn’t realize it had that kind of headroom.
That "ambient" tweeter does make a real difference, in how the speaker sounds off-angle, and in cases where things are "in the way" between the listener and the speaker system.
I was just at the Munich High End show- and one of the notable things I heard, was that on many speakers, if you didn't have line-of-sight direct unblocked path between you and the speaker, the stereo image would just go away. Anyone sitting in a chair in front of you and blocking one speaker, would send the image off to the other side, and if both sides were blocked, the image would get very diffuse and poorly defined. This was true of many types of speakers- horns, planars, and direct radiator ("standard") speakers. You had to have an unobstructed path, to get a good image.
NOT SO on the Von Schweikert speakers, with the ambient array on the rear. I could be sitting in the back row of chairs, with pretty much every chair filled in front of me and to my sides- and the stereo image was STILL locked right where it should be.
And, on top of that- the VSA speakers sounded almost IDENTICAL behind the speakers, as they did in front of them. Almost exactly the same tonal balance. And there was even a credible stereo image behind them (everything was obviously flipped side to side, but still a credible soundstage).
That's pretty remarkable. Not only is there not a single "sweet spot" that sounds good- but the sound is credibly realistic, virtually everywhere in the room...
Regards,
Gordon.
I was just at the Munich High End show- and one of the notable things I heard, was that on many speakers, if you didn't have line-of-sight direct unblocked path between you and the speaker, the stereo image would just go away. Anyone sitting in a chair in front of you and blocking one speaker, would send the image off to the other side, and if both sides were blocked, the image would get very diffuse and poorly defined. This was true of many types of speakers- horns, planars, and direct radiator ("standard") speakers. You had to have an unobstructed path, to get a good image.
NOT SO on the Von Schweikert speakers, with the ambient array on the rear. I could be sitting in the back row of chairs, with pretty much every chair filled in front of me and to my sides- and the stereo image was STILL locked right where it should be.
And, on top of that- the VSA speakers sounded almost IDENTICAL behind the speakers, as they did in front of them. Almost exactly the same tonal balance. And there was even a credible stereo image behind them (everything was obviously flipped side to side, but still a credible soundstage).
That's pretty remarkable. Not only is there not a single "sweet spot" that sounds good- but the sound is credibly realistic, virtually everywhere in the room...
Regards,
Gordon.
