Ah, well I am not paying to post that far!
Onto @jimbot2.0, if he is ready
Onto @jimbot2.0, if he is ready
So what will they be replacing ?Looking like very welcome house guests so far!
So what will they be replacing ?
I can't argue with Alan on that.Will be interested to hear more....
@steveinspain Alan assures me there's barely a difference with burn in with his cables. I'm experimenting with mains cables (don't tell anyone!) this weekend and still might ask @ABCaudio to let me have the cables back again at the end of the queue
he he! Well we are yet to see if anything is permanently replaced (speaks my wallet!) but they have temporarily replaced a pair of WitchHat Phantoms.
impressions so far are, as others have said: more of everything, an excellent firm, taught but weighty bass and a hear-through quality to tracks I thought i knew inside out.
The Phantoms are no slouches in my setup - Townshend Rock/Superline/NAC52/Dynavector HX1.2 into Shahinian Obelisks and certainly haven’t been disgraced here.
The LS40s are, so far, perhaps a little less open with regard to spatial and high frequency information. The presence range- air, space, echo.. all that. This is perhaps only initial impressions due to a being on a warm up journey - possibly a side effect of a more muscular midrange too.
what i have also noticed with the 40s is the timing: Its impeccable. It has already made me re-evaluate a couple of tracks and subtly changed my understanding of the music and what is actually happening and a couple of clever little flourishes i’d never noticed previously.
A hearty recommendation from me so far then.
Thanks to Alan for the opportunity to try them.
The EWA mains cables?Will be interested to hear more....
@steveinspain Alan assures me there's barely a difference with burn in with his cables. I'm experimenting with mains cables (don't tell anyone!) this weekend and still might ask @ABCaudio to let me have the cables back again at the end of the queue
No, the LS-40's.The EWA mains cables?
A pal of mine has some of the new LS80 cables and we recently compared them to my LS25s on his hi end system. There was a marked difference! The best way I can describe it is to say the LS80s just delivered more of everything.
So I’m now curious as to how much difference one would notice between the LS40s and the LS80s. Maybe Colin and Alan would care to comment?
Cliff, thanks for your post, very informative. I had already decided after the listening session mentioned in my earlier post that I need to get the LS80s but its always good to receive reinforcement!
You sound very happy with your amp but I’d encourage you to audition one of Colin’s amps. If anything they are even more impressive than his cables.
Hi Cliff, it's really good to see you here!
Nick, feel free to try the cables again later on if you like. No pressure, though.
@CliffB Your findings are interesting as they are different to mine! You seem to have found greater brightness/harshness in the 25s but I found this with the 40s. I agree with your other comments though and there was such a leap in detail from 25s to 40s, even contemplating the 80s is scary! (I haven't checked the price of the 80s so I haven't managed to scare my wallet yet!)
I am wondering more and more about system synergy as I can't understand why my findings are almost opposite to everyone else's when it come to the higher frequencies. I'm having a play with some mains cables this weekend (not EWA) so I'll see how that pans out
Enjoy...