To add a few notes to Dovetail's and second some suggestions.
{Ref to recent pair with a "factory tweaked" esotar tweet (haven't quite grasped exactly what they did to it)}.
Very musical is the motto, one of the best sounds I have experienced. It's also commendably fast (i.e. timing is top-notch).
Power: that's a difficult one. We first tried these speakers with a number of medium-sized amps, and got stumped (the esotar sounded too loud, or the instruments were lacking in volume, the voices were clear but "angelic" i.e. disembodied...).
To give an indication, we started driving them well and getting beautiful music at Passion stereo / Symphonic Line Kraft /CAT JL (whatever) stereo levels. Another amp we tried was the KR Antares tube (good driving capabilities) -- but, no cigar. Unfortunately, these were the available amps (i.e. no big bat, cary, arc... etc).
The cables used were bearlabs -- consistent in earmarking differences between the amps. We also had Nordost spm's (IC & speaker) on hand, but they seemed to invariably excacerbate the tweet frequencies at the expense of the rest of the spectrum, so we gave up on them.
We listened to classical, leider (mono & stereo) and symphonic music.
Placement: as above, with listening position about 3ft away from the back wall and toe in focusing behind the listening position.
If there's anything youneed & I know, don't hesitate.
{Ref to recent pair with a "factory tweaked" esotar tweet (haven't quite grasped exactly what they did to it)}.
Very musical is the motto, one of the best sounds I have experienced. It's also commendably fast (i.e. timing is top-notch).
Power: that's a difficult one. We first tried these speakers with a number of medium-sized amps, and got stumped (the esotar sounded too loud, or the instruments were lacking in volume, the voices were clear but "angelic" i.e. disembodied...).
To give an indication, we started driving them well and getting beautiful music at Passion stereo / Symphonic Line Kraft /CAT JL (whatever) stereo levels. Another amp we tried was the KR Antares tube (good driving capabilities) -- but, no cigar. Unfortunately, these were the available amps (i.e. no big bat, cary, arc... etc).
The cables used were bearlabs -- consistent in earmarking differences between the amps. We also had Nordost spm's (IC & speaker) on hand, but they seemed to invariably excacerbate the tweet frequencies at the expense of the rest of the spectrum, so we gave up on them.
We listened to classical, leider (mono & stereo) and symphonic music.
Placement: as above, with listening position about 3ft away from the back wall and toe in focusing behind the listening position.
If there's anything youneed & I know, don't hesitate.