They are okay. Heard the rosebuds a second time and sounded much worse than the first time.. The boomy bass was still there. Boomy to me, although most people seem to like this. But they were bright and fatiguing and a weird leading edge compression on the upper freq. Similar to clarinets played on vinyl. It's not a rounding of high freq. More like a leading edge compression. I would definitely try gr-research.com lucidity speaker which is a levinson clone (uses the same tweeter but better bass). Danny does much beter job at x-over than most speaker mfg. He has these on an around-the-country demo trip and you can add your name to the list. You only pay one way shipping to the next person on the list. Lucidity criterion for $1,000 |
I'm sure they are very nice speakefrs for the $300 or so they cost from the factory in China that RR buy them from. You can find most of the Red Rose models here: www.aurumcantus.com It's in Chinese, but if you click the second or third link in the top left you'll find the speakers. Steve Oh, and the integrated amp is a Korsun costing about $250 |
