Raven Audio Corvus Reference Monitors

You made a great choice especially for the money.  The Aeris are twice the cost.   The Mini Ulf's are still very large.  I experienced the Double Impacts but not the Ulf's.  I heard the Corvus at James Connell's house who was the designer of the speakers.  They were awesome speakers and the finish on the speakers was fantastic..  I just ended up ordering a Viking Acoustic Grande Voix horn speaker but Corvus was a finalist for me.  

I also never heard the mini Ulfs. I was talking to Eric before he ever designed them and we discussed the concept. I ordered them based on hearing the Double Impacts but they took a long time to happen and things happened in my life along the way so I never got them.
I then heard the Aeris at Raven and loved them but they were expensive. I loved the openess of the speakers, but I am not sure they are the most accurate speakers. However, they are great to listen to.

I have spoken to James a few times but have never met him. Very knowledgeable and super nice guy. I really like what he did with the speakers. In my opinion, the clarity is exceptional and they are musical at the same time. Not an easy feat to accomplish. The vocals were like the person was in the room. I have heard various Wilson speakers and I love them also, but again... not sure they are the most accurate. I've listened to so many darned speakers from 3k Tektons to various 6 figure speakers, it's hard to remember them all. But I am not a trained ear or anything. I just want something that I like and have had to spend a lot of time finding it.

I really think (for me anyway) that I found the best compromise of accuracy, musicality and value. I really can not think of any speaker I have heard at any price that is head and shoulders above these. So if a six figure speaker MIGHT be better, and you have to go back and forth to decide, I can’t justify the crazy difference in price. Everything has a positive in some columns and a negative in other columns. Nothing is perfect.

I have never heard the Viking speakers you ended up with. I am sure they must sound great. The only horn speakers I ever owned were Klipsch back in the day. My ears tend to like the open sound of an open baffle or electrostat, but I like the accuracy of conventional drivers. I am not sure how James did it, but these things don;t have any business sounding as open as they do with three conventional drivers.

Hey vitop
I also have a set of Corvus Towers on order. I am hoping to get them soon. I ordered them based on how great my Blackhawk Integrated and CeLest Tower speakers sound. Having spoken with James, Dave and Bryant extensively about the Corvus, and given that the quality of the BH and Celest have met and even exceeded my expectations, I have every confidence the Corvus will perform as advertised. Hopefully when we both have them in our homes we can compare notes :). 

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I can't wait to get them. Were you able to listen to them against the Ce'Lest towers? I really wanted to buy the Ce'Lest because of their price point, but I made the mistake of hearing the Corvus first. I would have been extremely happy with the Ce'Lest if I had not heard the Corvus. The Ce'Lests sound great and are a crazy good bargain.

They are not very large speakers. It still confounds me how they sound so expansive and yet detailed. 

No on hearing the Corvus, and I agree on the Celest’ (you can see my review of them on AG or the Raven product page), they are incredible. If not for Raven’s generous one year upgrade policy my audiophile journey would have ended with the Blackhawk and CeLest’. But that, and the fact I was able to sell my pair wonderful REL S5SHO’s, allowed me to move up to the Corvus, which I am certain will be just more and better of the same great sound I am already experiencing with my CeLest’ Towers.