Bass of the Meadowlark Osprey

I just received a near new pair of Ospreys less than one week ago (about 40-50hours). My initial impression is that the sound was just plain poor. My wife and I knew that they took a lot of time to break in but we were not sure that we could stand to wait that long. My Montana SPIIs were better in nearly every way. However with about 25-30 hours of loud music (when not at home) the sound is improving rapidly. At this point the bass is still not very deep but the quality is improving. On some music the sound is very good already. I will try to update my impressions in about 2-3 weeks. Thanks, Nita

Alright, I own a pair of the Osprey's and let me EMPHASIZE I broke in my speakers at moderate listening levels... loud talking levels, however not shouting... I say this due to the fact my pair easily required 5-600 hours before the bass started to flesh out under the 45-50 Hz range. As for system matching I have a Unison Research Unico (NOS Mullard input tubes) coupled with a Jolida JD-100A (NOS Bugle Boy tubes) cd player. All cabling is Synergistic Research, with all going through a Balanced Power Tech BP-3.5. The Osprey's are nothing short of glorious. The finesse, detail, natural timbre, harmonics, dynamics both micro and macro... I have owened Thiel, Martin Logans, Soliloquy, Dynaudio, and the like. These will be here to stay... However, if you are looking for floor shaking bass, these may not deliver, they do go deep and are acurate, articulate and correct in timbre, they may not rattle your windows if that is more important than all around sonic integrity.

I last reported my experience with the Ospreys on 7/28. After about another 150hours the sound is getting very good. The bass while not particularly deep yet is very fast and musical which is nice combination. Overall the sound is improving in every way with much improved smoothness and imaging. Overall an impressive transformation but again requiring about 250-300 hours to bring this about. Placement with this speaker is wider than I have used in the past with minimal toe-in. I am also placing them closer to the wall than usual but I am not losing the imaging that tends to happen with some speakers. Overall these are turning out to be what I was hoping for though I hope the bass does get markedly deeper. At this point they blend with my subwoofer better than any other speaker I have had.