First a big thank you to Danny for letting me audition speakers in my environment.
Setup:
Amp - Acurus a250
Recevier - Denon avr2807
Source - SB3
I am not much of a reviewer so please take the review/comments as my opinion on what I heard.
I have had the speakers for about a week or so now and majority of my listening was with Acurus a250 amp and the Denon as pre.
Music
1) Chooti Si Aasha - Roja (Hindi Movie Soundtrack). The song starts out with wind pipes and they sound as if they were right on top of me and very realistics.
2) Waqt Ne Kiya Kya - Kaagaz Kay Phool from Close to My Heart by Jagjit Singh. It is a sad song and one of the instrument that is used during the song is a bamboo flute. The feeling conveyed is of a person who is depressed and trying to remember better times.
3) Tribal Boat from Dream Walk by Keiko Matsui. Keiko Matsui is one of my favorite artist and I like to listen to her music which is very relaxing. The song starts out with water being splashed by oars and if you pay attention you can actually hear the water resistance on the oars.
4) Beneath a Phrygian Sky from An Ancient Muse by Loreena McKennitt. This song was the perfect example on on how the Neo's handle the depth. I was able to heare multiple layers Voice front and center, cymbals in the middle and the drums in the rear.
5) Raga Bhoopali - jhala in teental from The Valley Recalls by Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma. Garbage in garbage out and how potentially forgiving the Neo's are. The recording on the CD that I have is very bad with some bad room echo/thumping noise. They are not as prominent as when I play the same some on the LS6. On the 6's I cannot stand to listen to the song.
6) Riverdance - Remix from Riverdance: Music from the Show by Bill Whelan. On this song the Neo's kind off fail me with the impact. The song has a lot of drums / tap dancing and the deep impact is missing with out the sub.
7) Inland Battle from Iwo Jima: Flags of Our Fathers & Letters from Iwo Jima. Another example of of Neo's needing some support from a dedicated sub which I did not have. The track starts out with lots of cannons and cello music.
Feeling the Same Way from Come Away with Me by Norah Jones. Here is a song which Neo's shine through and brings out Danny's passion for female vocals. Listening to the song it felt like Norah Jones was in the room.
9) A Cat on The Chimney from Dreamwalk by Keiko Matsui. Neo's put such a huge sound stage that I was hearing sounds that were coming from behind me and felt as if I was listening multi channel music.
Positives: Neutral and musical speakers.
Cons: Needs a sub to go along with it.
I will be buying the kit some time early next year.
Thanks again Danny.
