I also find the review fairly accurate and similar to my experience with the Nightingales.
While he seems to have had the capabilities to place them much further from the backwall and sidewalls , than I was able to; I did find that placing the speakers eight and a half feet......to nine feet apart really opened everything up much more. It made a huge difference. The sound simply envelopes the room. I was only able to experiment up to about two feet of the sidewall and thirty-two or so inches off the backwall. If I remember correctly (I have it written somewhere but it's packed away) I received the best sound in my room with 18 or inches off the sidewall, and about 28-29 inches off the backwall. We're moving into a new house next week, which offers much more space and larger rooms; so I'll be able to experiment more with the Nightingales.
The other day while I was packing up my Odyssey Nightingales, in preperation for next weeks move; I hooked up my Quad 22L speakers to the gear. Everything exactly the same, I only switched the speakers out( Minimax CD Player, Odyssey Audio Tempest Extreme, Parasound Halo A21, Groneberg Quattro Reference interconnects, Cobalt Ultimate Speaker cables)
Interesting development.
While the Quad 22L's bass is more prominent, fuller and much deeper, it lacked that sweet tunefullness of the Odyssey Nightingales. The bass is a bit more clinical with the Quads.
I also noticed that the Lower mids/upper bass of the Nightingales is actually more rich and detailed, as well as being more tuneful. It's hard to describe, but there's a certain soulfullness that just makes you want to tap your toes and boogie around with the Odyssey. The Halo A21 ( and the Tempest) really seem to have a certain synergy with the Odyssey Nightingales.
Overall the Nightingales are much more melodic and tuneful , than the Quad 22Ls, with this set up.
Interestingly, my Wharfedale Opus 2 had a very similar character as the Nightingales, but on a much larger, fuller, deeper ...more complete scale and level. Also very tuneful, sweet and soulful.
As I've said before, these Nightingales are sweet speakers and they really get the toe tapping and get the boogie.........boogying
