I recieived these Acculine A1 speakers today and they're blowing me away!
Acculine A1
I had a very specific SQ in mind when I ordered these and that's the Grado HP sound in a near field, desktop speaker. For me this is an exciting, in-your-face, sound with lots of transparency and PRAT. This is not a refined (reticent?) classical music speaker, but I’ve become addicted to classical music played on Grado headphones so I wanted speakers that made Mahler, Mozart and Mendelssohn plus Elliott Carter stand up and sing the same way they do on my SR325i. I coupled the A1s to my Infinity 10" subwoofer and they play very well together though eventually (tomorrow?) I may want to get a smaller desktop sub. I'm listening to the A1s as I write this and I'm coming to the tentative conclusion they may sound even better than my SR325is. Frankly, I didn't expect this. BTW, I'm using a Panasonic SA-XR55 receiver and a Sony SCD CE595 CD player.
The Acculine A1 is almost but not quite a BGC Z-1. Here's an excerpt from the Enjoy the Music review that's linked further down this page:
“BG Corporation Z-1Ribbon tweeters make these different from every other bookshelf speakers I've tried at my desktop. Ribbon tweeters rock. Even at only moderate levels the Z-1's have a unique clarity and articulate character that makes them instantly attractive. I was especially surprised by how well they disappear, since they are not small at 7" by 13" by 9.5". Also the Z-1s create a nice large listening widow. Their image shifts less with head movements than many comparably sized speakers. The Z-1's have a large rear port that can and probably should be plugged for desktop use. But even plugged the Z-1's are a bit huffy in the upper bass. This extra bit of bass and lower midrange energy (I call it the LS35A effect) combined with the ribbon tweeter's airiness gives the speakers a slightly happy-faced harmonic balance. Still, especially if you are an electrostatic or ribbon tweeter fan, you're going to feel very much at home with the Z-1's. At higher volumes the Z1-s hold up well, especially in their upper frequencies with only a bit of extra bass energy.
Fit and finish is very impressive for a $499/pr speaker. My review samples had a rich-looking cherry veneer. For bi-amp bi-wire fetishists the Z-1 has dual gold plated five-way posts. For the rest of us they have straps between the posts.
If you have the room for a largish desktop speaker and like an airy open and very un-cone-like upper frequency presentation the Z-1's could be your ideal desktop monitor. For more info, (technical white papers and other techno jive stuff) go to BG Corp."
If you’re interested in audiophile nearfield speakers, you may want to check out this link:
Enjoy the Music.com High-End Audio Editorial and Viewpoint The Nearfield Articles
Here’s the Stereophile review for the BG Z1:
Stereophile: BG Z1 loudspeaker
For $159 plus $10 shipping (ordered yesterday, got it today, YMMV) the Acculine A1 is the best $169 audio dollars I’ve ever spent -almost all my phones cost more!
Acculine A1
I had a very specific SQ in mind when I ordered these and that's the Grado HP sound in a near field, desktop speaker. For me this is an exciting, in-your-face, sound with lots of transparency and PRAT. This is not a refined (reticent?) classical music speaker, but I’ve become addicted to classical music played on Grado headphones so I wanted speakers that made Mahler, Mozart and Mendelssohn plus Elliott Carter stand up and sing the same way they do on my SR325i. I coupled the A1s to my Infinity 10" subwoofer and they play very well together though eventually (tomorrow?) I may want to get a smaller desktop sub. I'm listening to the A1s as I write this and I'm coming to the tentative conclusion they may sound even better than my SR325is. Frankly, I didn't expect this. BTW, I'm using a Panasonic SA-XR55 receiver and a Sony SCD CE595 CD player.
The Acculine A1 is almost but not quite a BGC Z-1. Here's an excerpt from the Enjoy the Music review that's linked further down this page:
“BG Corporation Z-1Ribbon tweeters make these different from every other bookshelf speakers I've tried at my desktop. Ribbon tweeters rock. Even at only moderate levels the Z-1's have a unique clarity and articulate character that makes them instantly attractive. I was especially surprised by how well they disappear, since they are not small at 7" by 13" by 9.5". Also the Z-1s create a nice large listening widow. Their image shifts less with head movements than many comparably sized speakers. The Z-1's have a large rear port that can and probably should be plugged for desktop use. But even plugged the Z-1's are a bit huffy in the upper bass. This extra bit of bass and lower midrange energy (I call it the LS35A effect) combined with the ribbon tweeter's airiness gives the speakers a slightly happy-faced harmonic balance. Still, especially if you are an electrostatic or ribbon tweeter fan, you're going to feel very much at home with the Z-1's. At higher volumes the Z1-s hold up well, especially in their upper frequencies with only a bit of extra bass energy.
Fit and finish is very impressive for a $499/pr speaker. My review samples had a rich-looking cherry veneer. For bi-amp bi-wire fetishists the Z-1 has dual gold plated five-way posts. For the rest of us they have straps between the posts.
If you have the room for a largish desktop speaker and like an airy open and very un-cone-like upper frequency presentation the Z-1's could be your ideal desktop monitor. For more info, (technical white papers and other techno jive stuff) go to BG Corp."
If you’re interested in audiophile nearfield speakers, you may want to check out this link:
Enjoy the Music.com High-End Audio Editorial and Viewpoint The Nearfield Articles
Here’s the Stereophile review for the BG Z1:
Stereophile: BG Z1 loudspeaker
For $159 plus $10 shipping (ordered yesterday, got it today, YMMV) the Acculine A1 is the best $169 audio dollars I’ve ever spent -almost all my phones cost more!
