Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please

Philefreak-I get your point. I do understand what you mean when speakers don't play to realistic levels and seem to just run out of gas. But in my experience, this usually happens at frequencies below the midrange when the speaker impedance begins to dip.

I threw out the comments about the pitch scale because I get a sense that a lot of audiophiles cannot relate a frequency given in Hz to real life. Middle C is well within the midrange and that's at 261 Hz. Human hearing is not linear.

I think a lot of the attraction that the CS2 offers based on the comments in this thread really stems from the dynamics that the CS2's offer. I find that the majority of audiophile speakers these days do a very poor job in the dynamics area and when one does find a speaker that offers dynamics the experience is eye opening. It is an experience much like the first time one hears a SET amp.

One thing that the CS2's are doing is showing the mainstream audiophile the wonders of a speaker that is not dynamically compressed. And that is a good thing.

I just find, much like Undertow, that there are plenty of speakers out there that can offer the lifelike dynamics. You just have to look in the right places.

I wouldn't buy anything that REG gives a GEA. He has a history of giving products a GEA and later saying negative things about them on his forum.

Hey Dan, curious to know which product(s) he did that for.

BTW, that sort of action reflects on REG much more than on the product itself, whatever it may be, as it becomes irrelevant when considered in that light.

My own experience with Robert Greene is that he doesn't join this or that product's "fan club"; he maintains an objective position. For example, he really likes the performance of the Gradient 1.3 and the Harbeth monitor 40, but is also well aware of each speaker's limitations and I'm sure would acknowledge them if the subject came up.

Duke
dealer/manufacturer

Duke, good info and worth keeping in one's back pocket. IMO what makes for integrity is not that you blindly repeat the same thing for ever, but that you are open to new info and can recognize good with bad and acknowledge both, and pitch your tent where you believe it belongs.

Equally important is the strength of character to match words with actions; do as you say you will do, act based on your words and beliefs, and don't break promises unless your circumstances are genuinely dire.

People who don't do these things lose credibility and trust of others, and there are as many of them in audio as in any other avenue of life.

I have not followed the writings of REG particularly but will keep an eye out for the two differing opinions posted above. Although getting a little off the thread's subject it is useful to know.