JezmondTutu
pfm Member
I’ve recently switched from six years of running Event Opals back to my ‘spare speakers’ which are Epos ES14’s.
There is an inherent musicality to the Epos’s which is not there to the same extent with the Opals. Don’t get me wrong, they are fantastic (amazing mid range, bass is more powerful and probably more detailed too), but I think it’s probably just that studio monitor thing, you hear so much but it lacks a little PRaT compared to my passive system.
The Epos’s are superb in many respects and the amps seems to be a fantastic match (never heard ES14’s sound this good) but I’m interested to hear how something more modern (and of course far more expensive) might better them. I may try to get to listen to Kudos & ATC (SCM40’s?). Speakers need to be either oak or black and be wife friendly!
I sold my dream speaker (Shahinian Obelisks) as her indoors hated the look of them. Have previously had Naim SBL’s (sold as they didn’t work in my old room), Shahinian Compass, Ruark Talisman 2’s, Dynaudio Contour 1.1’s and Neat Petites.
Oh, system is LP12, Avondale TAPS, TA Plateau, Karousel, Aro, DV20XL into a Brinkmann Fein plus a modified Node2i into a Weiss DAC202. Amplification is Avondale Grad One + TPX2 and a ‘ZAP250’.
Thanks Jez
There is an inherent musicality to the Epos’s which is not there to the same extent with the Opals. Don’t get me wrong, they are fantastic (amazing mid range, bass is more powerful and probably more detailed too), but I think it’s probably just that studio monitor thing, you hear so much but it lacks a little PRaT compared to my passive system.
The Epos’s are superb in many respects and the amps seems to be a fantastic match (never heard ES14’s sound this good) but I’m interested to hear how something more modern (and of course far more expensive) might better them. I may try to get to listen to Kudos & ATC (SCM40’s?). Speakers need to be either oak or black and be wife friendly!
I sold my dream speaker (Shahinian Obelisks) as her indoors hated the look of them. Have previously had Naim SBL’s (sold as they didn’t work in my old room), Shahinian Compass, Ruark Talisman 2’s, Dynaudio Contour 1.1’s and Neat Petites.
Oh, system is LP12, Avondale TAPS, TA Plateau, Karousel, Aro, DV20XL into a Brinkmann Fein plus a modified Node2i into a Weiss DAC202. Amplification is Avondale Grad One + TPX2 and a ‘ZAP250’.
Thanks Jez