On 01/07/2010 09:13, tony sayer wrote:
In , Rob
scribeth thus
On 30/06/2010 22:07, Bob Latham wrote:
In ,
tony wrote:
I'm quite happy to accept that I would not be suitable to offer much
advice regarding a product for classical listening. However, it would
be IMHO no worse than me buying a product based on your classical
evaluation of a product. For example, you use ESL63s I believe. I am
aware of their merits and I appreciate their clever design. Never the
less, they would be totally unsuitable for me, something would go bang
in a week and the last time I heard a pair I was expecting a sound on
the thin side with no deep bass, not a bit of it. What I heard shocked
me as it was the top end that I found difficulty with - I didn't think
there was any.

Its about one of the flattest speakers around and yes there is top as
well as very other audible frequency..

Do you mean they were "lacking in top"?...

That was my perception.


You have to sit bang on axis to get treble - then they sound just about
right IMO.

No you don't, there might be a bit of image shift but the room might be
influencing it a bit but they should be just as good as far as audio
balance is concerned more or less anywhere you'd normally listen to any
speakers..


Well, you don't but I do :-)

On image shift, the image doesn't so much shift off axis as become
blurred - nothing like as solid as on-axis. Again, my experience with
ESL 988s.

The sound isn't unpleasant off-axis; indeed, I listen that way most of
the time. Just very different in the 'hot seat'.

Rob