Ok, it’s only been a few hours and I need to express the first listening session with the BIG MINIS.
Note: after 33 pairs my wife who loves music stated that she can hear the difference in the definition of the the Minis. a word she has never uttered before about any of the other speakers. She always says the sound the same. These she danced around and said she really liked!I was intrigued by the fact that they could take a large amount of power so I kicked in my old carver 1.5 T amp which contains some meters to see what output the speakers are taking. I have clipped these amps into distortion a few times and blew my house breakers. They supposedly put out 1000 wpc in transients but who know if that’s true. All I know is that I pushed the meters to one under the top and those Minis did not break a sweat!!! This is truly amazing and not recommended to try at home. I was ready to cut them back before they clipped but they did not and the speakers should know sign of flapping. Almost any other speaker would bend and fold this kind of power barrage. Ok, what sound came out?? Remember this is right out of the box!!! I played some tracks that I downloaded for ITRAX at 96 khz/24bit PCM which is the best quality you can get. I tried John Gorkas Gypsy life which has great vocals and guitar. The sound of the guitar was more lively, vibrant and dynamic then any of the 32 other speakers I have ever owned. I want to point out that I currently play the Drums, Organ, Piano, and Guitar. The strumming was surrounded by a virtual movement of air in the room that you could feel Outstanding to say the least. This right out of the box. My wife and were grooving for several hours to some Samplers from Maple shade which I think are the best recordings. Without going into what speakers I have and have had, the Minis are better out of the box then anything that I have ever heard in my house or at the shows. I don’t know what other reviewers of the minis have had, but if its better it’s got to cost upwards of $10,000 dollars, Please keep in mind that I have had the highest rated speakers on earth that I am comparing these to. Maybe mine are a fluke and Bob through in some magic beans, but these are the highest toe tapping, natural listening I have ever heard at ay price. This is my first review and I will continue with this after a few more days of break-in. By the way the Wife said that looked real nice as well. By the way upteen people and friends rely on me for their Audio recommendations as my ears are usually dead on
Stay tuned for round two, also see posting coming on Audiogon>>
Hats off to Bob!!!
