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Congrats on these -- still hunting for a pair since these are now very difficult to source in Canada but had a chance to hear these extensively last weekend and loved 'em. They were being driven from an older Stax amp and while I didn't get a sense of great bass impact they were very quick and articulate across the FR and had soundstaging in spades and a relaxed but detailed presentation I've never heard from a dynamic phone.
I'm a Stax newbie but didn't find these to be honky or plasticky-sounding in any of the music we tried; though on very dynamic passages they have the same sense of a dynamic stretching rather than explosiveness as do my Martin-Logans, if that makes any sense. Still, very nice indeed.
best,
o
Originally Posted by JimP /img/forum/go_quote.gif thanks XXII for pointing me to local store - picked up a new 404LE today! |
Congrats on these -- still hunting for a pair since these are now very difficult to source in Canada but had a chance to hear these extensively last weekend and loved 'em. They were being driven from an older Stax amp and while I didn't get a sense of great bass impact they were very quick and articulate across the FR and had soundstaging in spades and a relaxed but detailed presentation I've never heard from a dynamic phone.
I'm a Stax newbie but didn't find these to be honky or plasticky-sounding in any of the music we tried; though on very dynamic passages they have the same sense of a dynamic stretching rather than explosiveness as do my Martin-Logans, if that makes any sense. Still, very nice indeed.
best,
o