Hales System II Signature

sknnyc: whew, that was at least 2 bankruptcies ago. haven't heard em' in years but remember they sounded good, for their time, with classe's, of their time. -kelly

Yes, I am quite familiar with them. A close friend had them with the Muse 18. It was fantastic! Great imaging and excellent tone, soundstage, etc. They mated perfectly with the Muse. He had them in an all Krell system. At the time it was Krell MD10, Studio, KRC-HR, and MDA500's.
Hope this helps.
Richard

Thanks for the updates on the System II. Would either of you know if they would work with tube amp and what their efficieny was. Right now, I'm using them with a Classe DR6/DR15 combo but would like to look into tube amps. Thanks again.

I also have system 11 sig's. They work well with my Rowland model 8. Have also heard them with Classic 60 ARC also very smooth.
Sadly this speaker seems to be getting some bad press recently on some of the chat rooms.
I have compared it against most of the other speakers in Hales line and against NHT's, Von Schweikert 4.5s and various other lines including electrostatics. IMHO they are superior to all of the above.With or without the Muse sub.
Speakers with ceramic domes or tioxid domes seem to have more upper end air and extension and most of the BIG speakers like Dunlavy's have far more bass extension but that's it.

I wasn't aware of the negative publicity on chat rooms (which
chat rooms, anyway). I just remember that these were Class A on the Stereophile list for a while and got 3 stars in TAS a few years back. Would anyone have the specs. on these speakers (ie efficiency, etc.)?