RGA Reviews <$2000.00 Page 2, Epos, Audio Note, Paradigm, B&W etc.

[RGA]

For my reference only so I know where to find it again.

Addition to AN AX Two. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...threadid=16130

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...threadid=23320


Yes This Guy - worry - I do need to get out more.

[zebra]

very useful reviews! i was hoping to see a review here on the JMLab chorus 706 S. i auditioned them a couple of weeks ago with a hybrid Unico integrated amplifier but found the overall sound a bit thin. then just yesterday i listened to the same 706 speakers but this time driven by a 10 watt tube amp (sorry can't recall brand) and the sound came alive! in contrast i auditioned the B&W 602s just before the chorus 706s and i found the 602s a bit bland although i liked the deep bass. could be the room or the amp but the 602s fell short of what i heard from the JMLab 706 and Audience 42/52. yes, these were 3 different listening rooms with 3 different amp systems.

actually the audience 52 sounded a bit shrill during my last visit because a Yamaha H/T receiver was used to drive it. it sounded way better when a Yamaha AX-596 integrated amplifier was used.

any thoughts on the JMLab chorus 706 would be appreciated. thanks.

[RGA]

I like the Audience speakers more than the 602S3.

Interestingly I heard the 604S3 in another location - Hi FI Center and was not impressed at all - lesser positioning )too far apart perhaps) and too far out from the back wall and too close to the side walls made them sound rather dull and lifeless.

I liked the Chorus speakers I heard and the Mezza Utopia but didn't spend enough time nor did I make notes there or when I went home to be able to give them any sort of credible review.

The B&W's might lose in a head to head for me as well. I have had much time listening to B&W over the years and perhaps their lack of that Punch is what some find a bit dull.