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Tidal speakers... particulary Tidal Sunray

Hello all,

I've been reading about Tidal speakers and was curious if anyone ever heard the Tidal Sunray or perhaps any other of their speakers.

The Sunray has 2x7" ceramic mid ranges, a 1.2" diamond tweeter and 4x9" woofers per speaker.

Based on the reading/research I've done it appears that Tidal manages to use the advantages of ceramic/diamond drivers, being detailed, transparent and fast, but managed to control their drawbacks namely potentially dry, clinical and thin sounding.

I currently use the Marten Coltrane but the Tidal appears very interesting as upgrade.

Appeciate if anyone is able to give their views on this speaker based on a listening session and if you agree with the above sound.

Also your view of this speaker in comparison with eg. the Avalon Isis, Rockport Altair, Peak Consult Dragon and Magico M5 is appreciated.

Many many thanks
maxx1973
argyro
438 posts
 
Ozy I am considering using a Sovereign Glory amp and maybe a Wavac PR-T1 as a preamp. I really cant wait, sometimes I have a hard time sleeping...lol

On Saturday I listened to the Contriva for two hours with my own CDs (in the system presented in abouthifi.com) and I got goosebumps in every single track I was listening. The timbre is so so natural and real!

Happy Listening,

Mike
ozy
128 posts
 
hi mike---

i bet that system at"abouthifi" was a killer!
as for the soverign amps-- have not had the pleasure of listening to them, but given their reputation and the head designer/owner's , i'm sure that they are superb!
as you and i and other "tidalists" discussed here and other tidal forums, tidal speakers require ample amount of quality power to drive them to their best performance.
flimsy, murky,questionable amp designs (meyau...) need not apply....
karelfd
476 posts
 
... talking of power, Jörn confirmed that they actually will bring the Sunray to Munich this year and drive them with 4 Impact mono blocks (with Tidal LPX active cross-over).

You bet I already have my train tickets and hotel reservation!
argyro
438 posts
 
I'll be there as well! :)
ozy
128 posts
 
tidal sunrays.. 6 monthes later.. or- where did they disappear to?
after very enjoyable 6 monthes of sunray ownership, i begun to realize that these beautifull monolithes simply have "disappeard" in my room. with 500+ hours on them, everything is now sparkling and the sound presentation is simply stunning.
minor adjustments ,such as further toe-ins, and back and forth seating adjustment yield soundstage that is beyond the room boundreis. and that incredible ,taut bass is now reaching well into the 20-30 hz section, effortlessly.
i have found ,in my expreince ,that these speakers work very well with proper, ample wattage.

additionally, since these speakers throw this huge soundstage , taming the room acoustics enables the sunrays to integrate into the room even further, and "disappear".
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