Tidal contriva se vs Hansen The Prince V2

05-28-10: Enzo618
I'm starting to get suspicious"""

a week ago I started new thread named "tidal speakers- am I missing something" where i just very(and I mean VERY) polite started discusion about tidal speakers and my thoughts about them unfortunately this thread was banned imediatly. actuali it wasnt even some suspicion about quality or sound ,just some inocent thoughts.

very strange..

Sorry guys but I did not want to mess happen.
I do not have the tidal never even heard, you are not here to argue Vineto since.

Elviukai,
maybe you can re-try posting and share your thoughts here.

Enzo618, I am one of those that have been posting about Tidal ever since I fell head over heels with their products in 2005. I first read about Tidal in a small cord manufacturer's blog, was curious, auditioned, the rest is history. Had I gone the usual path to inform myself (reviews), I would probably not even know the company today. Even in Germany - no, make that especially in Germany - utter silence in all magazines, some detractors in forums - but that is what German forums are all about, always. Following my "discovery", I want(ed) to inform, share my elation and perhaps enable a few people to make the same musical discovery. But that is just as much true for AMR's wonderful products, for instance.

There have been reviews since then, I think in particular of the bemourned John Potis on 6moons. However, they seem to remain systematically ignored in Germany. I myself have actually grown suspicious about why that may the case apart from advertizing budgets...

I believe it is necessary that we all remain wary. I also believe we must be able to share our enthusiasm about products, especially if they are not available on every street corner. I have seen many other examples thereof on Audiogon and I have all read them with interest even if, after listening myself, I don't have to agree with all of them. The important thing is to be informed where to look. Imho it's all about conveying not convincing.

I have heard yesterday for first time the Tidal Contriva with NBS omega extreme 1 and VAC electronic ...
beautifull loudspeaker
excellent and precise staging behind the loudspeakers but as soon as I began hearing classical music ...
different CD's of chamber music, piano solo or piano and violin: the violin seems played by a syntheziser, the colour is absolutely irrealistic
not so much better for the piano
bass and more body in the medium are missing, wrong colours in the medium
then I tried Mahler 6th (Zinman/Tonhalle) ... everything is confused, becomes hard in the FFF, the music seems compressed although this SACD is beautifully recorded

NBS extreme 1 are very neutral,
VAC tube should be good quality and give some more body ...

so I was really disapointed, Tidal a loudspeaker maybe for audiophile but surely not for classic musicians