Venture Audio

audio 999 - what are the price points for the Caractere and Grand Excellence.

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I am intriqued with this brand of Belgian made speakers, which I have never heard. Not well known. They were the first to use ceramic drivers and diamond tweeters. their current higher models use AMT tweeters.
If anyone has heard their current models, please share your experience.
thanks.

I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon at the home of the us distributor of these great speakers; in Moorpark, CA. They simply sounded warm, great sound stage, fast, very accurate and detailed, like live music. I brought some of my own music to the audition; and heard things I never heard before...almost perfect sonic nirvana,..except the price of admission is a bit steep..more than the Wilson maxx v3's, more than Magico M5's..so they share rarified air indeed..they look fantastic; and sound to match; easy to drive and place...worthy of consideration of audition if this is your price range...

Hi Mribob
which model did you listen to? Since you mentioned the Maxx3 and the Q5, how does the Venture experience compare with these highly regarded speakers?

I heard their top of the line pair; which I believe retails for around $85-90k. I've not heard the Maxx3, but have heard the Magico M-5 at Weinhart design in LA, and also compare them to the MBL 111'es I have. I felt the Venture were better than my MBL's in many ways, hard to compare them the M-5's, different rooms and different electronics feeding them; the M-5's were being feed digital data from PS audio perfect wave d/t, with tubed EAR preamp and amps, the Ventures had CD transport, DAC, and solid state amps...the venture's to my ear sounded very good; warm, open; great sound staging, incredible detail; fantastic midrange and base, no fatigue, I could be very happy with these speakers if I could afford them.Not many people are aware of this find brand, and they don't get much review time; but they are indeed worthy competitors to the best out there; and should be auditioned if possible. I think I liked them better than the Magico's M-5, but would need to spend more critical listening to arrive at a fair and accurate comparison.