This current system was begun as a downsizing effort to shed some boxes and bulk. It ended up as my first foray into tubes and a more enjoyable presentation than I ever had ever. The only back step was going to the bigger Rethm Saadhana from the Maarga. A turntable upgrade with mounting for two arms could be in the future if ever.
I just ordered a pair of these and their matching amps by Rethm and I am super excited and should have them in a week or so. I went with their amps to avoid getting on the amp merry-go round. Have just had Ascendo C8 Renaissance and Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution's and those were both outstanding speakers with the Ascendo's costing about a 1/4 the price and I think overall were the better speaker. Different and not as good at many of the things but I think better overall IMO for my preference in a speaker. Because I was let down by the Sonus Evo I chose to go in this direction. The Ascendo is a point source with the tweeter in the middle of the midrange/mid-bass speaker so they imaged great and also had a unique bass subsystem and that seemed to be my preference but I am very excited to try the single driver with the supported bass modules. I think the strengths of this speaker are most important to me. Was wondering if you could talk or share a little about how far from the rear wall the back of the speakers is and how well they image and their specific separation and definition of images. These aspects and a very natural sound with very serious resolution are important to me and these are things the Ascendo did well and was hoping these might do better. The Ascendo needed tons of power to more their bass module and I only got to hear what they could do when I got a monster Class A Krell to get them to open up. I really liked that Krell and the Ascendo's but my tru love is tubes and it would have took way to much money to properly drive these Ascendo with Tubes. Why spend $20k on tubes amps to drive a $5k speaker. So here I am with these and any info you can share would be great. Thanks so much!
