Contenders are here


I just received my new Nola Contender 3, serial numbers 603 and 604! Built to order, no stock kept, at least at my dealer. I have only plated them about three hours, long way to go to break them in! I can tell you that they match beautifully with my Mac MA 252. Out of  the box they are phenomenal sounding, just like all Carl Marchisotto designs, you get a wall of sound full of definition and incredibly low end perfectly clear! I am listening to my original Sade Promise on vinyl and it sounds magnificent. Mishima sounded powerful and elegant in the appropriate passages. Stanley Clarke's lowest bass notes in The Romantic Warrior were clear very low! Miles sounded amazing ... I could go on for a while so I will stop. I will continue to break them in and will post as they progress! 

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Congrats on the speakers; I've always enjoyed Nola's models at shows over the years. They will almost certainly sound better after being mechanically broken in over 100+ hours to loosen everything up. Have fun with them!

Enjoying the Nola's very much. I am lucky to have a wife that enjoys this hobby. After I told her my budget could stretch to $2500.00 she calmly said, "I'll match your $2500.00, what can you get that you will love till the day you die. The following week we ordered and 30 days later they were here, birth certificate and all signed by Carl. Awesome experience!