Ok, first let me admit I am a huge fan of EFE (Ed Frias Enterprises) and have been since I first heard his speaker designs. Ed is a small time speaker builder and is one of the best kept secrets in audio. He doesnt have a webpage, he doesn't advertiase. It's all word of mouth. Go to
www.audioreview.com and look up EFE speakers. You will see RAVE reviews of him and his speakers.
I recently traded up from the T-20 speaker. It is an imported MTM design. Basically he outsources a company to build them for him based on his designs. However, he does still build some designs by hand. I wanted to upgrade to his T-22CF speakers. They are an MTM deisgn with carbon fiber dirvers. The T-22cf's are a step up from the normal T-22's. I honestly thought the T-20's were incredible. I wasn't prepared for the huge step up the T-22cf's are. The bass is fast when I say fast i mean fast and furious fast lol. The bass is tight and goes all the way down to a solid 40hz or lower. Good strong solid impact to. The soundstage is super wide. When I first heard them I had to double check that i didn't have surrounds
The treble is crisp with out being harsh. Imaging is precisely where it should be.
You cannot ask a speaker to do more for you. Especially at just $1190 a pair. I have heard the focal utopias and let me tell you these things could rival them. You will not find anything close to this price that will rival these. I could easily compare these to the JMlabs utopia's. Very similiar. This could easily be the last speaker pair you will own
Ed's contact info is efespeakers@commspeed.net you can email him and ask for an online brochure and info. I am not kidding you guys.. These things are incredible.
Equipment used:
Anticables
DIY gainclone amp
ARt Mensa DAC
oppo digital cd player.
Music:
Ed includes a demo cd with each speaker pruchase.
