How do Newforms sound?

Hello Bish, you can find some helpful reviews and comments at www.audioreview.com and www.audioasylum.com

I have never heard any of the Newform Research speakers but many owners think very highly of them, you will see what I mean after reading the consumer reviews at Audioreview.com.

Regards,
Chris

The owner's group is somewhere on Yahoo. Don't have the address.

My experience with a pair was not too positive. Kind of had a Bose-like perspective with the sound everywhere. They're too tall for ordinary chairs so you have to tilt them downwards to get the focus that you CAN get. But, and this is a big ol' butt, there appear to be lots of happy 645 owners, and, after all, there is still (I guess) a 30 day free trial.

I had the opportunity to listen to them at the New York show last May. I thought they were excellent. Then, after listening to them a couple times, my opinion changed. You see, I thought they imaged really well. Detail was nice too. Even the bass was well defined and better than some have suggested. What I noticed about them eventually was that the music had little to no weight. There was no impact, no three dimensional illusion. In other words, they were great in terms of height and width, but there was no depth, or no focus that I attribute to "depth". I know that I'm in the minority here when I say this, but it is my experience that most ribbons and electrostats do this. Sure, the first time you hear them, it's bewitching. But then you realize that no one's voice is that HUGE. It's just unnatural, and at these prices and this level of committment, I want truth.