Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

The IIIs were auditioned in my dedicated listening room and with the following equipment: Audio Research LS2B preamp; Mark Levinson No.23.5, Forté Model 4, and VTL 225W monoblock power amplifiers; C.E.C. TL 1 and Mark Levinson No.31 transports feeding a Mark Levinson No.30 digital processor; and a heavily modified Well-Tempered Turntable fitted with an AudioQuest AQ7000nsx cartridge amplified by a Vendetta Research SCP2B phono preamp. A Tice Power Block and Titan conditioned power to the system (except the power amplifiers).

Interconnects were AudioQuest Lapis, Diamond, and Monster Cable Sigma. Because the IIIs were spaced fairly close together, I was able to use short bi-wired runs (3') of AudioQuest Clear/Dragon, with the Clear driving the tweeter and the Dragon the bass.—Robert Harley