I wanted to like the AN/E so bad. The place I heard them in was pretty awful. Apparently the room won't matter... so I'm to take that the speaker inherently is not to my liking.
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Full disclosure: heard them in different rooms with different equipment. The Audio Note still has--after listening to many speakers over many years--the purest, most natural, timbral presentation of anything I've heard. Clearest window to the sound. The Devore's to me had a less welcoming sound; very good, no doubt, but somehow less "right". YMMV. What held me back with the AN's was the positioning, bass, and depth of soundstage. |
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@tinear123, You may want to look at my (long) thread comparing various speakers I auditioned. It's heavy on the Devore 0/96 and 0/93 audition notes, but I also mention my reaction to auditioning the Audio Note speakers. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/contemplating-devore-speakers-and-others-long-audition-report... In the end I definitely preferred the Devores, but that's definitely a subjective conclusion, obviously. As I mentioned in my thread, I found myself a bit too aware of the corner-loading nature of the Audio Note speakers (in their typical set up), and I have some issues with speakers that use the room that way. The Devores gave to me a similar type of presentation, though richer and since they didn't require close to wall placement for rich base, they could be pulled out in to the room for closer listening/less room reaction and to me a more pure sound. |
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