[kalrykh]

 
A couple of us have compared them in the Savant impressions thread...
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/772698/noble-savant-appreciation-thread-impressions-reviews-tours
 
TLDR; N4 very balanced with tight/articulate low end but can sound a little anaemic if you have other monitors with bass emphasis. Soundstage is also a little condensed. Savant has more sub/bass and a little more shimmer with very nice soundstage and imaging, almost eerie. IMHO.

I agree with this assessment.
 
 
Also, just under 4 hours left on the birthday sale.  Get your orders in now!

 

[The Life]

I'll try to respond tomorrow, need some.sleep, 3 am now

Cheers

Looking forward to it.

 

[FullCircle]

 
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Looking forward to it.

 
 
The story is rather simpler really.  I built a 10 driver CIEM long before my first commercial endeavor. In fact I created the design while living in
 

 
 
 Not long after starting the first "project" of which name I will not speak,
 
 

 
 
 
I started to suspect things were going to go south
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
so I kept the 10 driver design to myself   (and several other designs as well.) 
 
 

 
 
 
 
  When it was time for me to leave the project, I am some trusted fugitives, sat down at a restaurant and discussed our future, and one of the topics specifically discussed was my 10 driver design.   We collectively decided to "tweak it"  and there at a restaurant, with a 
 

 
 
 calculations were made....   the results looked promising.....
 
 
and that was pretty much the
 

 
 
of the K10

 

[shanecg32]

   
 
The story is rather simpler really.  I built a 10 driver CIEM long before my first commercial endeavor. In fact I created the design while living in
 

 
 
 Not long after starting the first "project" of which name I will not speak,
 
 

 
 
 
I started to suspect things were going to go south
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
so I kept the 10 driver design to myself   (and several other designs as well.) 
 
 

 
 
 
 
  When it was time for me to leave the project, I am some trusted fugitives, sat down at a restaurant and discussed our future, and one of the topics specifically discussed was my 10 driver design.   We collectively decided to "tweak it"  and there at a restaurant, with a 
 

 
 
 calculations were made....   the results looked promising.....
 
 
and that was pretty much the
 

 
 
of the K10

Very interesting story indeed. Do you have any new information about a 12 driver ciem in the works?

 

[memorizer]

Did the birthday sale end 1 hour earlier? There was 2 hours left when I went to the website 1 hour ago.

 

[Watagump]

When is the sci fi film, The Noble Wizard, coming out?

 

[FullCircle]

  Very interesting story indeed. Do you have any new information about a 12 driver ciem in the works?

 
 
No, and I have never stated I would release a 12 driver either.

  When is the sci fi film, The Noble Wizard, coming out?

 
 
I'm still trying to get Leonardo to play my part, but he is refuseing to gain the necessary weight.....   

   Tom Cruise is refuseing to have his legs stretched to play Brannans part, and Rico Suave is in jail right now.   A simple misunderstanding.....   she said she wasn't married and her husband came home at a bad time.  An "altercation"  occured, the and Rico had no idea he was a cop.

 

[Watagump]

   
 
No, and I have never stated I would release a 12 driver either.
 
 
I'm still trying to get Leonardo to play my part, but he is refuseing to gain the necessary weight.....   

   Tom Cruise is refuseing to have his legs stretched to play Brannans part, and Rico Suave is in jail right now.   A simple misunderstanding.....   she said she wasn't married and her husband came home at a bad time.  An "altercation"  occured, the and Rico had no idea he was a cop.

Look into Ben Affleck, he is going to have plenty of free time soon. 

 

[paulomario77]

Lotoo PAW Gold + K10, what a lovely pairing! Very, very deep bass (sometimes a bit overwhelming for my taste).
 

 

[d marc0]

Excellent read there Dr John. It's always interesting to know more about a company you admire.

 

[productred]

  Very interesting story indeed. Do you have any new information about a 12 driver ciem in the works?

I hope Noble never gets entangled in the driver number war...................if their 10 driver model (plus some even lesser driver model from other manufacturers) already bested some 12 driver models out in the wild, why bother adding driver count? Subbing driver models and changing the circuitory may yield better/more diversed results than just adding up the numbers I tend to think.

 

[FullCircle]

I hope Noble never gets entangled in the driver number war...................if their 10 driver model (plus some even lesser driver model from other manufacturers) already bested some 12 driver models out in the wild, why bother adding driver count? Subbing driver models and changing the circuitory may yield better/more diversed results than just adding up the numbers I tend to think.

Lower costs and decrease production times. All the benefits will trickle down to the consumer

Look at the car industry, now building 6 cylinders that make the use of an 8 cylinder seem silly

 

[vhsownsbeta]

I hope Noble never gets entangled in the driver number war...................if their 10 driver model (plus some even lesser driver model from other manufacturers) already bested some 12 driver models out in the wild, why bother adding driver count? Subbing driver models and changing the circuitory may yield better/more diversed results than just adding up the numbers I tend to think.

John has already dropped the a-bomb in the driver war, he made a 20 driver unit!

The N4 has proven to me that driver count is all but irrelevant. Listening now with my Linum BAX straight out of an iphone. Sublime.

 

[Watagump]

Give John a little trip down memory lane.
 

 

[FullCircle]

Give John a little trip down memory lane.

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