@seanheis1
I’m in complete agreement on the fact that "no speaker can meet everyone’s tastes." In fact, I’d say that if true, that would be a travesty in my opinion. I am personally happy that there is not one but there are many! If there are those that believe there is One Speaker to Rule Them All....more power to them. I’m cool with that, too. Just don’t lose the ring. :)
What I don’t understand is how you can say " The DI might not be ideal for those midrange junkies that like a laid back sound (harbeth ls3/5a) but might be perfect for home theater and music that has slam."
Have you done extensive listening of the DIs yourself? And by extensive, I mean extensive. This is the very area, among others that the DIs absolutely shine. Your statement is confounding to me, as it probably is to many who own the Double Impacts and have gotten to know them over time.
The DIs are laid back if one is feeding them laid back music. They rock if they are being fed Rock. They dance if being fed EDM. They boogie and bop if being fed Jazz. They ooze soul when playing SOUL. And they get downright blue when belting out the Blues. These are one of the most open to what’s ahead of them speakers I’ve had the pleasure of listening to.
Yesterday morning I was up early (and thankfully before everyone else in the household) so I was able to spend an hour and a half uninterrupted and without any of the excessive ambient noise so prevalent once the troops are on the move. I listened to Steve Coleman’s "Invisible Paths: First Scattering" album. It was his first solo album and is 1 hour and 12 minutes of pure unadulterated solo sax. There isn’t anywhere for a system to hide with such a solo instrument performance. My system, with the DIs at the end of it performed astonishingly and amazingly well.
I’m in complete agreement on the fact that "no speaker can meet everyone’s tastes." In fact, I’d say that if true, that would be a travesty in my opinion. I am personally happy that there is not one but there are many! If there are those that believe there is One Speaker to Rule Them All....more power to them. I’m cool with that, too. Just don’t lose the ring. :)
What I don’t understand is how you can say " The DI might not be ideal for those midrange junkies that like a laid back sound (harbeth ls3/5a) but might be perfect for home theater and music that has slam."
Have you done extensive listening of the DIs yourself? And by extensive, I mean extensive. This is the very area, among others that the DIs absolutely shine. Your statement is confounding to me, as it probably is to many who own the Double Impacts and have gotten to know them over time.
The DIs are laid back if one is feeding them laid back music. They rock if they are being fed Rock. They dance if being fed EDM. They boogie and bop if being fed Jazz. They ooze soul when playing SOUL. And they get downright blue when belting out the Blues. These are one of the most open to what’s ahead of them speakers I’ve had the pleasure of listening to.
Yesterday morning I was up early (and thankfully before everyone else in the household) so I was able to spend an hour and a half uninterrupted and without any of the excessive ambient noise so prevalent once the troops are on the move. I listened to Steve Coleman’s "Invisible Paths: First Scattering" album. It was his first solo album and is 1 hour and 12 minutes of pure unadulterated solo sax. There isn’t anywhere for a system to hide with such a solo instrument performance. My system, with the DIs at the end of it performed astonishingly and amazingly well.