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[Bernd]

Thanks for the kind words.

I will try and give some more info.
First off my listening room is 5,5 m long by 4 m wide and 2.6 m high. I have one big window (which has drapes and large plants in front of it) and the side walls are lined with my records and cds. I have two Bass traps in the corners either side in line with the speakers, and first reflection absorbers on the side walls.

The develpment of the ART Emotion took years.Their previous top of the range model was the "Impression" and it was knock out, just pretty ugly. ART is a very small, low key operation run by two brothers on the west coast of Scotland. The parts for the speakers, if unable to be sorced by ART, are custom made for them. The Emotions weigh appr. 50-60 kg and are beautiful to look at and the cabinet is completely dead. A quick wrap with the knuckle will lay testimony to this.The Emotions are 8 ohm (lowest drop 7.6) and 90 DB efficient. So ideal to partner a great Valve amp. And boy is the Synergy working here. I did audition these with the same amp as mine. So no surprise that it will work here too.
They are single wired fitted with the best silver plated conectors I have seen.
Six weeks ago I have spent a whole weekend at my dealers showroom and compared very carefuly, as I couldn't afford to make a costly mistake.
In the end it came down to the ART Emotion or the Zingali Home Monitor. I just felt as the Zingali's are even larger it would be harder to integrate them succesfully.
The ART have now been running since last night and sounding absolutly sublime. And to my ears devoid of any boxiness.They have the dynamic and clarity of a Horn without some of the harshness that can creep in. The Bass is to die for. Deep, taut, solid without any overhang or boom.

I am a happy boy now.

Peace

Bernd