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Vienna Die Muzick flagship speakers

Looks like the new flagship speaker from Vienna Acoustics are going on sale in North America in September or October
for $27K. If I interpret correctly the blurb found at:
http://www.sumikoaudio.net/va/prod_themusic.htm
they seem to be almost like single driver speaker with multi-driver extensions. a flat midrange driver covers 7 octaves from about 100Hz to 20Khz. If I understand correctly, the flat driver is expected to exhibit a pistonic movement, which in turn is designed to eliminate phase distortion caused by uneven excursion/timing between the rim and the center of the driver. The bass goes down to 18Hz through 3 10 inch drivers in a separate enclosure; if these bass drivers are similar to those found in the Mahlers and Strausses, they are also flat pistonic drivers. At the top there is a Mirada supertweeter extending to 100K.

I have heard that final production units will be shown/heard for the 1st time both at SEDIA and RMAF in September and October in Denver in the Sumiko/Soundings Suites. I won't attend SEDIA, but will be at RMAF.

I heard 2nd hand very favorable remarks about them from industry insiders that heard prototypes at CES and the past Montreal show. Has anyone heard these speakers already?
please post your findings here.

And if you were asking, the answer is a very sad NO. . . my wife won't let me buy them! G.
guidocorona
dcstep
1,518 posts
 
Great report Guido. I really have nothing to add. I've had more time with the Muzicks, but nothing inconsistant has happened in my three listening session.

The pleasant surprise was how well the Marantz CDP performed, stone cold out of the shipping box. (I guess that I shouldn't be surprised since I talked Soundings into giving the Marantz a try). This is a very nice CDP. I'm not selling the Playback Designs yet, but I can say without reservation that it deserves to be considered with the top echelon of players. I heard some things that deserve further comment, but only after it gets a lot more hours on it. Still, it's clear that it's a contender.

Dave
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drubin
3,267 posts
 
Sumiko did a demo of The Music at the Palo Alto Magnolia a few months ago. Not my cup of tea at all, but I'm looking forward to hearing them again at RMAF this weekend.
guidocorona OP
4,298 posts
 
Spent several hrs yesterday in suite 505 while Die Muzick were being set up with the Masters process, driven by JRDG Criterion and JRDG 312 with MPS5 and Marantz SA7 as source. There are some limitations because of the very small suite, but overall results were extremely good. . . I believe Rod may be still doing some tweaks this morning until show opening time at noon. Some listening observations are on the Criterion thread at:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1216693488&openmine&zzGuidocorona&4&5#Guidocorona
Got to run folks. . . will write more later. G.
bpwalsh
1,197 posts
 
For $27k one would hope bass response is at least to the low 20s...I find it odd that the speakers had to be toed in to sound good, which also interacts a lot more with the room acoustics. We'll see how they are...
dracule1
1,085 posts
 
The bass response is said to go down to 22Hz which is very low. Based on what I did hear in room 505, I believe the speakers can do this. The bass was extremely tight, fast and extended - surprising given the small hotel room.
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