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You gotta be kidding. Some one is seeing how much a mfg can get away with in taking people's money?
The 3" unit, which has a titanium cone, was being used in the Acoustic Technology Classic-Series loudspeaker ($2450/pair) to cover the entire audio band. Yes, the speaker was running out of headroom at climaxes with a lot of bass energymaximum amplifier power is specified as 30Wpcbut there was a refreshing transparency to the overall presentation. System was an Ayon CD2 CD player, Pass Labs X-1 preamp, and a PS Audio power amp.
I have to step in here and state that I heard these first hand and state that everything JA has said is absolutely right on the money. The music I heard was acoustic jazz, and I heard substantial, accurate and musical low-end, not to mention a very pure midrange and superb imaging and very transparent and clean overall musical presentation.I don't know how they did it, but I heard it for myself...
Okay, did you listen to the speakers? I did, with my own CD and it wasn't full range AT ALL. Yes it had great mids and highs, but it had zero bass response. I thought it was a cool idea, but for $2.5k you can get many other full range speakers that aren't just a "cool" concept, they actually play full range well.Reviews like this make me want to call shenanigans on most audio reviewers.
Great speaker set that I was privileged enough to hear first hand. I was also given the opportunity to speak with the inventor of the system briefly, and for what genre of music these are geared for, they are certainly a great medium to listen to.Excellent speakers.
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