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Looking for former Hales System 2 owners feedback

I am looking for people who had Hales system 2's back in the day and loved them. I am intrested in what kind of speakers you are listening to now that you feel is superior to that sound. I've been out of high end audio for 15 years and am putting a system back togeather. The best speakers I owned back in the day were Hales system 2 signature. so this is my point of refrance and would like to hear what other former owners moved on to. I figure that after owning them you would not settle for less today.
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jaybo
4,478 posts
 
grdient revolutions replaced the hales..i have several systems now, but my favorite 'listen' is on my allison 3's(the last incarnation).
martykl
3,578 posts
 
I never really loved mine. Over the years I have steadily moved away from the highly damped sound of Hales and similar designs. I replaced mine with Verity P/E loudspeakers, which are ported. Lately, I've edged back a little by using (in my primary system) sealed subs with Ohms.

I was spread out over 3 houses when I owned the system 2 sigs. The Hales were in my NY weekend home (which was the first I sold), so they were never technically "replaced" as the entire system went with the house. I do remember moving them in (already permanently mounted on ugly black sand filled bases) - they weighed a ton! No question that they were fine examples of their type - I've just migrated to a different type.

Marty
dgad
782 posts
 
I still have mine w. the Muse 18 sitting in my garage. Currently listening to Maxx IIs. You can see my system page. The shortcomings listed above are all correct. But for the money at the time they were a nice value.
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