Egglestonworks Andra original versus Andra-II

Jpp59 wrote: "I loved my original Andra's and got frustated at times due to the lack of mid-bass/bass response but loved the midrange and top end. I impressed with the improved bass performance of the Andra-II but feel that something of the magic in the midrange is lost."

And it's abosolutely right. A hint of the differences betweern original Andras and Andras II can be observed by watching at their frequency response curves as published by Stereophile magazine at both Andras' reviews.

The first Andras have a somewhat elevated treble response on axis that is missing in Andras II. Also Andras II go deeper and stronger at lower bass making up for a bass-tilted illusion balance.

Besides all this there's the fact of adding crossover components to mid range drivers which is usually related to a slightly decrease in volume output of the involved drivers.

Of course one can always try removing or bypassing mid-range crossover components and compare resulting speaker "voice" with the crossovered scenario.

Andras are the most "musicians-playing-in-front-of-you" experience producing speakers to my ears.

Happy listening.

Jotam

I was in the mood for some new speakers and spoke with several very knowledgeable people about the andra I's and II's. I got differing opinions in regards to what was actually the better speaker. I did end up getting some II's and I must say am pretty impressed so far.

In the past I have had watt puppy 6's, 7's and Sophias as well as a host of others. I guess the vast majority of speakers out there in these price ranges are pretty good and there are plus's and minus's with all of them.

Mpit,
I have the Eggleston Rosa. I'm curious, how would you describe the differences between the Andra II and the WP7 and Sophia 1? Thanks you for any information you can share.

I do own the original Andra and I have listened to Andra II
many times,my two friends sold their Andra IIs and bought
the original.I like the original they are more quick,I like
their bass.the secret is use tube amps,tube cd player,right
now I hooked up the 550K MF supercharger with my tube amps with great result,bass is not lacking anymore.

Jpp59, Probably the answers you will get will depend on which version we own.

Actually, the JL Sub matches very well with the Andra 2 and with its high Gloss black looks like they came as a set.
Th JL would probably help the Andra 1.

Mpit, I listened to the Wilson 8, 7, 6.
They are all no where near the Andra's in midrange quality where most of the music is.
The Watt Puppys have a upper midrange lower treble that is offensive to my ears. That being said , I think the Andras could use a little high end sparkle. I will be demoing some super tweeters soon.