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All I can say is these speakers are.... Whoa wait, back the truck up. There's some work here huh? From the top, or the bottom, as it may be:
What a week, it's been, trying to get those speakers. First, the seller accidentally put the wrong street address. I freaked. I mean, I had just paid him a LOT of money! I was worried. But not half as worried as when I found out the zip code of the consignee was listed as Fort Myers Florida!!! Certainly glad I called last Friday, while the speakers were still in Cincinnati. Hats off to DHL for being able to actually locate them and retag them with the proper address!!! :T
then waiting the weekend, many calls to DHL confirming that things were going well. Monday morning I get a call from the agent, and he wants to bring them out first thing. But he said he had 3 boxes, not 4. I said oh crap! There's got to be 4, please find the other one. So, I don't get a Monday shipment. Tuesday morning, I am on the phone first thing, telling them I want to know where my 4th is. I have to say, they were really good to work with still. The lady I had been working with, Susan called me back about 30 minutes later and said they had the 4th box. Yeah!
So, about 2:00 I get a call from the driver in Pigeon Forge, and says he wants to deliver. Excellent! My housekeeper was here, so I said bring em on! She had him set them in the garage.
So then I get home about 5 and:
1. Removed Sonus faber Grand Pianos, and sedementary stones, making room.
2. Got out my fold up hand truck and proceeded to carefully port the boxes in.
3. REST.
4. Opened the stands got them out, (weight like 125-150 pounds each.
5. REST.
6. Sliced open the tops of the speaker boxes, looked, tried to pick up by the towels around them, no way. at 100 pounds, not gonna lift them out that way!
7. Waited for daughter to get home to give an assist, holding boxes, and even picking up half of one.
8. Finally, after about 15 minutes of work, we had them out, and I hoisted them up one at a time to their perches. Whew!
9. REST, and eat.
Finally, I get back from eating, about to bust with anticipation. I fired up the first CD handy, Miles Davis, the Essentials. At first, it was like, hmmm, not sounding to good. Then as I found better tracks, and turned them up louder, it began. Dynamic, HUGE soundstage, SUPER SMOOTH, EFFORTLESS, expansive, wonderful clarity, detail, finesse'. As the tracks got around to some Kind of Blue, settle in for an eye closing "set". Then a big band horn tune, and WOW, can these puppies sing!
Even though I was truly wanting more, I watched a little TV, and then frantically searched for my Sarah McLaughlan CDs I wanted to hear on it, to test the mids well, couldn't find. So, I settled in with some Diana Krall, When I Look in your Eyes. Oh man, so smooth, piano as if in the room with me. Actually, the piano on the Miles CD also struck me as almost live, it was so pure. I had to turn them down so my daughter could go to bed, so the full scale listening is over for night one.
What an experience, just setting them up. Looking in awe as their beauty and size. These are some big stand mount speakers! Well, there you have it, my out of the box impressions. I think these speakers will be in my household for a very, very, VERY long time. :T :5:
Lex
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