Treble of Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand?

There's always room for improvement, but your rig should work nicely with the VAs, IMHO. Remember, toe them in so that you just see a sliver of the inside sides from you listening position and rake them back about 10-degrees.

Unless you room is really large, you'll have enough power and control of the drivers. In a larger room I'd like to see 200+ watts continuous into 4 ohms. Ignore that "dynamic power" crap that NAD spouts. However, you're in good shape in most rooms.

Dave

Thanks...
yes, but with the VA's have an open and airy top?
The 3 reviews ive reading claim this is their shortcoming.
They say the top is too soft and laid back...no real detail.

Campton, unless you listen to them yourself, you will never know if the Hydns are for you. It is worth pointing out that what for some people is an 'airy top' is for someone else a hissy earbleeder, which Vienna speakers are typically not.

02-16-08: Campton said:
"Thanks...
yes, but with the VA's have an open and airy top?
The 3 reviews ive reading claim this is their shortcoming.
They say the top is too soft and laid back...no real detail."

Interesting. I thought I'd read all the VA reviews and I never saw that. Fortunately I was able to make a choice with my ears and that was not the case at all.

How anyone could criticize the mids and highs of any VA speaker in the two-channel line is beyond me. I consider it one of their strengths.

I play trumpet in several serious groups, ranging from funk/rock/soul, to Copland & Stravinsky, to church and Hefti. I also attend lots of live musical events. I love sopranos and vocalists in general. If the Haydns highs were soft I would have heard it right away. I'm very sensitive to this area of the frequency response curve.

Still, you may not like it. As Guido says, different strokes for different folks.

I write reviews of guitar equipment for Just Jazz Guitar and I found that their tend to be different "camps" of sound. Guitar amps are purposely colored so I try to describe how might sound by reference to famous guitarists that all the readers will know. With the VA I'll just tell you that Wes Montgomery will sound like Wes and Jim Hall will sound like Jim. Clifford Brown will sound like Brownie and Arturo Sandavol will sound like Arturo.

Dave

Dave,

Go to stereo mojo website and you can read the terrible
review given to the Haydns. They say.."the top is soft
and the bottom is loud..not a good mix."
They say they dont even recommend audtioning them at home.