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German Physiks - A huge "wow"

I just wanted to share with my fellow audiophiles my adoration for a pair of German Physik Carbon mkIV I recently purchased. I am not a dealer or distributor, just a consumer/audiophile.

I have owned many of the finest speakers we are all aware of, and most have been excellent.

What I am hearing from the German Physiks is a cohesiveness/continuousness that I have never heard from any other loudspeaker. Imaging is excellent but not "razor sharp"..just natural like a live performance.
As if you painted a soundstage from speaker to speaker with a single stroke of your brush.

Detail and transparency are included, without the slightest
hint of etchiness or fatige; Image stability with a large "sweetspot". I just received them on Saturday and my significant other had to pry me away for meals...I best be careful!

These speakers and this line are too fine to be ignored. However, they are expensive, especially with our terribly weak dollar...I feel fortunate that I was able to make the purchase.

I would urge all to have a listen if possible, even if out of your price range. After 23 years as an audiophile, I didn't believe I could be totally surprised and bowled over by the presentation of any new loudspeaker....I was wrong.

Good listening to all and stay well!
musicdesign
csommovigo
35 posts
 
I've got two rooms reserved for RMAF so far, and I may be showing up with a GP Unicorn for one of them. This is a 1-way loudspeaker using a Carbon DDD in a special bass horn. I expect we'll get response from the low 30's through 24kHz from that single, point-source, omni driver.

We'll probably give it 25 watts of Vitus power (model SS-010, pure Class-A, zero feedback, single output device per channel) and feed it from the new Vitus SCD-010 CD player.

The other room ... haven't decided what we'll put in there yet.
vladimir
346 posts
 
Csommovigo, how much are the Troubador 40 and 80 DDD satellites? They can be the base of a great, not very expensive system with two subwoofers such as JL Audio f112 and a TacT or DEQX digital integrator.
alexsee
55 posts
 
Csommovigo, i'm interested to find out more abt the German Physiks HRS 120 speakers (for a 2nd system). wondering if you could share some of yr expertise/opinions in the following areas:

a) what sorts of associated equip/cables/etc. hv you found to work well with these speakers & why?

b) how large a room would you recommend the HRS 120 speakers be used in?

c) how fussy are they in terms of room placement, as well as placement in relation to the listener?

thks in advance!!
csommovigo
35 posts
 
Hi Alexsee,

The HRS-120 is fairly versatile - one of those "just right" speakers for most rooms. If you've got 300sqft or under, HRS-120 would likely be very happy there.

Placement is fairly easy as well - give them at least 1.0m off of any boundary wall. The distance from phantom-center to the listening post should be 1.0 to 1.2x the distance between the speakers. Tweak from there.

Absorbent material on the front wall is not recommended.

Amps: High Current, 100w into 4 Ohms minimum.
Speaker Cable: Low resistance cables work best

Chris
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mapman
22,295 posts
 
I own a pair of Ohm Walsh 5 Series 3 speakers and have had a similar experience as MusicDesign describes with the GP's with the Ohms.

I suspect the Ohms are much cheaper and more within the price range of many on this site.

If GP sounds good to you but are out of your price range, you might want to consider the Ohms.

Ohm is a US company based in Brooklyn, NY that has been in the speaker business for almost 40 years now I think. They currently only sell factory direct (no dealers or distributors) and offer some attractive in-home trial options to help mitigate the risk.
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