Acoustic Zen Adagio, How Good Are They?

Happy Halloween Tboooe! Enjoyed your post. I'm sure that the ModWright/Response/Acoustic Zen room at RMAF will generate a lot of really positive show reports. The room really sounded fantastic. If there was a weak link, whatever it was, even it sounded great. This is basically to say that I hope that in addition to having a great get-together with Robert, you'll also get to hear his speakers in a suitable setting.

Hey Tboooe, I think your mention of the "hot tweeter" may have been due to the amps being used for your audition. One thing I have realized is that the Adagio's sound their best (to me anyway) with tubes. This might be a bit biased coming from a tube junkie such as myself but a lot of the feedback has confirmed the same. Robert wil have the Bella EXtreme 100 tube amps soon so if you get a chance, you may want to arrange another audition with the speakers driven by tubes.

Kmillette........ Thanks for the kind words about the show!

Bill

Tboooe,

If what you describe is indeed how they sound and not room anomolies, I don't think these are speakers I would want in my system. A home audition would definitely be a must.

Oz

I find the treble to be much on the smooth side on my system. In fact they sound significantly smoother than stuff like Spendor (already smooth) from what I hear in dealers showroom here. Could very well be the cheap samsung CDP (what to expect anyway). :)

I agree Ozzy62. I dont want to give anyone the wrong impression of the speakers. My feeling is the room setup was totally wrong for listening. The bottom line right now is that I cannot make an accurate assessment. The only thing I know for sure is:

1. I dont like the looks
2. Robert Lee is a GREAT Guy!