New Arrival Imminent

[Bernd]

Thanks for the invite Flo. I am in Berlin over Easter (Mums 70th Birthday). If time allows I might do a detour on the way home ,through Bayern, and swing on by.

The Audio Journey is actually enjoyable and after the ART Emotion purchase I can then start saving for a Koetsu Coral and then hopefully tackle the Zanden CD system.It really runs my Vinyl set up very close and is by far the best Digital playback I have ever heard by a mile.
So exciting times ahead with lot's of glorious sound and joy.
How is the cross over coming along?

Bernd

[Florian]

Well, the crossover is coming along. Will be done soon ;-)
I have bought a digital EQ and RTA device which now gives me 20 to 20 flat in room responce with dynamics that can blow your head off with no coloration of box sound of any kind. Muahah Ah well, i am happy. Check out the new pics in the gallery, here is a preview.



I am 6.3ft tall ;-)







Thats from the laptop.....The camera cant capture the setup ;-)

[Bernd]

That looks sweet. Lot's of work gone into your room and system, but that what it's all about. I always believe it is not how much you spent, but what you do with it and how you implement it. If you really want to hear the full potential of a system you need to invest some effort.
Well done friend. Keep it going.

Bernd

[Bernd]

Well here is a picture and short report of the ART Emotion. Mine will be in Rose wood.

Bernd



I had been promised, before they arrived, that they were wonderful but knowing the manufacturer as I do, I know that each and everyone of their 'newborn babies' is wonderful!

Anyhow, the EMOTIONs have arrived and I will say from the outset that they are truly a great speaker.

These speakers re-produce the intent of the music, and I am not surprised that Derek and Ramsay (of ART) have decided on the name EMOTION for them. And, by the way, a big thanks to David Spiers, my long time audio guru, for putting me in touch with Derek in the first place. You will see from the picture that the EMOTIONS are a 2-way speaker, using the very best parts possible, including Jensen capacitors and Kondo internal wiring. They produce a huge realistic presentation with a tremendous sense of the weight and scale of the music. Scale is so difficult to capture (and yet so important). The other bonus is that the EMOTION can be placed against the rear wall, if necessary, in a smaller room because the ports fire down onto the base of the wooden stand which is an integral part of the speaker. I think they look quite elegant in a rather old fashioned simple way. No "bells and whistles" to their looks but nevertheless they appear pleasing with their very high quality veneer. In any event, this speaker seems to have no fault (and this is a remarkable achievement in itself) and lots of virtues. I am always a bit amazed at how much can be said by equipment reviewers and this article is only intended as a statement of my own belief, and so keeping it short, the EMOTION works! Article used by kind permission of Audio Evidence, Hong Kong.

[Bernd]

Wakey, Wakey. Well the ART Emotions have finaly arrived.

Peace

Bernd

[Feanor]

Wakey, Wakey. Well the ART Emotions have finaly arrived.

Peace

Bernd

Nice looking speakers. Do you have a website for ART? (I collect hi-fi component website URLs. )

Did you get the Emotions or the Emotion Signature? I note that these are pretty posh units: Emotions £5000, Signatures £9000, Emotion Silver Signature, price TBD A bit out of my league. BTW, what's the difference between these models? Sounds suspiciously Audio Note's "$40k worth of silver" scam.

[Bernd]

Thank you.

It's the Signature Version.
The difference is that these are wired internally with Kondo Wire and have Jensen Caps amongst other goodies. I am not a techy. Just when I auditioned the two this one sounded more what I like.
I used to have the ART Stilettos great little speaker. I think the best floor standing speaker below £ 1000.00.
ART is a very low key company run by two brothers. Their website can be found at
www.loudspeaker-art.com
The site gets developed at the moment, so I don't know when it will be live.
To say I am pleased is an understatement.

Thanks again

Peace

Bernd