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Is everything OK with Stirling Broadcast?

I had some tablettes and noted that they sounded very alike to my LS3/5as when driven by my Rogers E40a tube amp, but when driven by my solid state Quad amps they were quite different.

The Rogers E40a amp was a great amp, but I wanted solid state so now I am Quad QMPs and a Music First Audio passive (TVC) preamp, as to take advantage of the V3s fully you need as transparent an amplification as possible.
 
go on Martyn, you know you want to :)

Wild Oak seems to be pretty popular, not so much the Rosewood Special but they are actually pretty nice.

Soon I will listing them generally on eBay and then ordering some V3 crossovers to start converting the V2s to V3s, which is probably 49 hours of work so I am hoping lots of V2s will sell on eBay so I don't have to convert them!

You can get two pairs of V3s for about the price of new Harbeth P3ESR XDs !
 
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Stirling Broadcast as good as their word!

Many thanks to @MTBBiker and the team for a swift delivery.
 
badlyread said:
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Stirling Broadcast as good as their word!

Many thanks to @MTBBiker and the team for a swift delivery.
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You've done better than Steve, ParcelForce have let him down :-(

How do they sound? - they may have a bit of treble hiss for a couple of days - I noticed that with mine.

I see poeple using those IsoAcoustics isolators for speakers when they are not on stands, to good effect.

I have some of those old Deflex domes between my V3s and AB-2s, although mostly because they are sticky so as to guard against the girlfriend knocking the V3s off, as she did a while ago and one of my V3s has a slightly damaged corner :-(
 
The house is empty (we have guests this weekend) and I can finally put the Test playlist on and turn the volume up a little. ‘I Forgot That Love Existed’ by Van the Man is sounding rather good but early days and things need to loosen up a bit.
 
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Banditk said:
Hi Neil, may I ask how you find your Sterling V3? I’ve just opened box mine and setup with a Nait 50. They sound fabulous.
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Hi Bandit

Very happy with the Stirlings. The midrange is sublime and I don’t feel that I’m missing any bass (it is tight and enough). The lowly Nait 2 is on duty at the moment and sounding wonderful. Very happy. You?
 
badlyread said:
Hi Bandit

Very happy with the Stirlings. The midrange is sublime and I don’t feel that I’m missing any bass (it is tight and enough). The lowly Nait 2 is on duty at the moment and sounding wonderful. Very happy. You?
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Thanks for the reply. I’m also very happy with the Stirlings. They seem like a big headphone. I can hear every details of the music. Timing is really great. I’m not missing any bass with the Nait 50 too.
 
pfbaat said:
Now I'm curious, V2 vs V3, same bas and tweeter, different crossover.
I know differences may be difficult to describe in words, guess the loudspeakers are not a world apart from each other ?
Price difference is what ?
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V3's are a bit leaner and brighter - possibly better imaging ? I think the improved crossover puts more emphasis on the tweeter.
V2's sound more warm and laid back
Not much in it to be honest both great speakers imo
 
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