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Duevel's "Venus "Speaker or Shaninian's "Obelisk". Which offers the best sound quality?

This thread might rehash, the old argument of Omni directional speakers vs tradition forward firing box speakers.

However, the main question  is which speaker:... the  Duevel's "Venus" speaker or the Shaninian "Obellisk"  offers the best or most CONVINCING sound quality??.  

 Also, if anyone knows how either might compare to any of the older Audio Physic speakers, like the Virgo I and II, the Libra, Tempo I.... or even the more current  AP Scorpio 25.

Thank you,  S.J 

sunnyjim
polarin
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I must've been the last person to deal with Pascal as he was traveling quite extensively and had mentioned he was getting ready to hang em' up.  I was a bit reluctant to purchase the Duevels through a Canadian distributor that I knew nothing about, but after speaking with Pascal I decided to pull the trigger. Plus, it did't hurt that the Canadian exchange was very attractive at the time, I paid about $1,100 U.S. (Dec 2016). I read everything I could find on the Planets and hadn't seen a single negative thing written about them. Prior to the Planets I was running Ohm Walsh 3's as I've grown accustomed to the omni sound, but the wife and I are empty nesters now and we just moved in to our new condo which is very modern and the old Ohm's looked pretty out of place.  Now that I have a dedicated "man-loft" (Maggie's) our main great room system doesn't have to be the last word in resolution.  I can see you're in a bit of quandary as it seems that Marcus doesn't seem too interested in expanding his interests here in the states which sucks for you as the whole Duevel line has gotten rave reviews.  Keep us posted as to what you find out...
sunnyjim OP
927 posts
 

Polarin, Thanks for the additional  comments.  I read a review of the Duevel "Enterprise" on the internet blog "Enjoy the Music" by Paul Candy. one of their senior editors. I ask him if he knew anything about what Duevel is up to, and if he has any contact info on them.  I will let you know if he replies.

In the meantime, the quest continues......  

Good Luck with your new digs.  SJ.


omnione
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I've a pair of Planets and Bella Lunas. The Venus are middle ground.
Both sets of speakers are great sounding.
Planets are great bang for buck, the BL are another league.
I've not heard the venus but they're on my list.
Running the BL on the Duevel Shuttle amp.

I'm based in the UK.

Cheers,

Omnione.
frazeur1
344 posts
 

I guess I would like to respond to this post, to give my own take on Duevel here in the US. My first e-mail to Pascal of Mutine/Canadian distribution for North America, somehow never made it to him. After a single e-mail to Duevel themselves, they in turn, got in touch with Pascal immediately, and Pascal then got in touch with me.

In a matter of a couple of days, and great correspondence with Pascal and a quotation, I now have a pair of Maple veneered Venus on order, set to be delivered early to mid June timeframe. I have no reason to doubt that anything is amiss with Mutine nor impending delivery of my Venus.

I will follow up on this thread once I do take delivery, but for now, all I can say is that Pascal was extremely great to deal with, but also, I knew what I wanted and didn't waver over decisions or give that "let me think about it" for weeks or months on end. If you are interested in Duevel, not that just price alone should be a deterrent of course, it should be the music, but now is a very favorable time to do so with regard to the US dollar. FWIW....

Certainly it would be nice to have dealers located here in the US, whereby you can just buy a pair and go on with things, but then again, I also like that my pair was made to order just for me. Some things are worth the wait, but we live in such an instant gratification society these days...anyway...off the soapbox, follow up in due time.  

frazeur1
344 posts
 
I just wanted to follow up on my post from May. I have received my Venus loudspeakers, import etc. all taken care of by Pascal Ravach of Mutine. While customs tried to throw us a bit of a curve ball, just because they can, all I can say is that Pascal took care of things from start to finish, he was tireless in his time trying to get my speakers through customs and to my door. My many thanks to him. 

So yes, all seems well with getting Duevel, and probably all of the other products that Mutine distribute. While certainly it isn’t quite the same as going to a brick and mortar shop or doing online where you get things next day, all I have to say is this, sometimes very excellent products are worth the wait, and are worth going to a dealer/distributor that really puts forth the effort to have matched, great sounding systems. 

Thanks again Pascal, I love my Duevel Venus! Well done. Tim
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