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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
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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".
geopolitis
138 posts
 
Ozy,

are you considering adding the external active crossover in the future?
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ozy
128 posts
 
geopolitics--

yes indeed. i'm driving the sunray in a bi-amp mode now, with a stereo gryphon and 2 monoblocks, which leads to the next step --- adding the tidal lpx soon....
karelfd
476 posts
 
Hi Ozy, I just returned from the Munich High End. I can now understand the disappearing act you're talking about. Tidal played (on purpose) at a much lower volume than the rest of the exhibitors to let people experience the extreme finesse of detail, monitor-like coherence and incredibly fine-layered micro-dynamics that these speakers are capable of. Even then, and with all the bright lights on, you could actually fix your eyes on the speakers and not tell these sculptures were actually the source of the sound that just magically emanated from the stage unfolding in front of you. What a difference compared to some other (much renown!) speakers that at almost distorting volume and under the veil of movie theatre darkness still had the sound glued to them and a big hole in between them.
husk01
171 posts
 
Karelfd, Did you also here the new Magico Q5's?
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