Opinions on Pure Audio Project Quintet 15 Horn 1 Please

That was my take on the Spatial Audio X3. The midrange wasn’t fleshed out and “real “ to my ears.

@jjss49 

That speaker can be quite revealing. What amplifier were you using?

If you have the room to set up open baffle speakers the soundstage can be impressive. The speakers have to be at least 5 feet from the wall behind them so the ear/brain system can interpret the late arrival information (reflection from the wall) as echo location information instead of harshness.

ralph, first of all, i had the m3 sapphires (at clayton’s suggestion when we spoke, and i was debating x vs m series, he suggested the m’s) - clayton is a great guy btw, responsive and helpful, truly wants you to be happy, i really wanted to make these work for me

second, yes i did have 5 ft behind (to front wall), 3 feet to sides... i have had maggies and quad esl’s, still have the quads, know the setup drill

third, as for amps, in the year i had them, i tried many many:

linear tube audio zotl40 ref

audio research ref 75, vt50, vt100-2, 100.2

belles sa-30

hegel rost, h190, h390

cary300b se-i

sony ta1-1es

audiosector patek se

... so i tried solid state and tube, high and low power... gave them every chance...

I believe Ralph was quoting my post.