AXPONA 2014

Vienna Acoustics and Primare

Jason Victor Serinus  |  May 1, 2014

I enjoyed my short time with the Vienna Acoustics Imperial Series Liszt loudspeaker system ($15,000/pair). The Liszt incorporates Vienna Acoustics' flat-spider 6" coincident midrange driver and 1.2" vented silk-dome/neo-coated motor, as well as three 7" woofers that cover the 26–200Hz range of a speaker that extends up to 25kHz. Mated with a Primare I32 integrated amplifier ($4750), whose pre-installed full media board option allowed a wired LAN connection to a NAS drive, and AudioQuest cabling, the system depicted a file of a recording of Mahler's Symphony 3 with superior midrange, fine bass, and appropriate top-end bite. Percussive slam was tight, if a bit shallow, but that may have been due to the recording itself.

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Submitted by Pro-Audio-Tech on May 1, 2014 - 10:14am

Maybe it was the music that I heard, some nice jazz was sounding quite sweet and fully fleshed out on the Viennas. Nice dynamics and a wonderful soundstage for sure.

I sat for longer than usual.

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