At his invitation I went to Charlotte last weekend to take a listen to Jason’s Gedlee Abbey’s and multi-sub set-up. He asked me to post my impressions so that others can benefit from an objective listener point of view versus the system owner’s. Jason played several tracks for me ranging from classical to blues to rock – even though the music was new to me I knew that his system was giving me one of the best presentations I have ever heard.
As we moved on to music that I brought with me my impression did not change - I was listening to a very very satisfying system. I am certainly not an audio reviewer but what I took away from my audition of the Abbey’s and multi-subs was: (1) excellent bass integration and quality of bass – dynamic, deep, and full - most systems I have heard always exhibit some boxiness and/or muddiness thru the bass region – not the case here at all; (2) effortless dynamics and SPL’s – there is no hint of strain at all no matter how loud you push the system; (3) a wide enveloping sound stage – on live recordings I never felt like I wasn’t in the concert hall; (4) very clear and lifelike vocals without hardness; (5) a level of detail on some recordings I have not heard in any other system – not etched or overbearing detail but natural additional information which adds significantly to enjoying the music; (6) and finally to me one of the most important aspects of a speaker system the ability to draw you into the music and make you tap your foot. I never got any listener fatigue in any kind of music we listened to, just a desire to keep listening to more music.
Probably the best part of my visit was being introduced to great new music – thanks Jason. His system is one that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone regardless of your musical taste.
