I just heard these today and I was very impressed.
I heard them on the end of what I believe was a Bluesound Powernode 2 (integrated streming device and amp) and the sound was nicely detailed, musical and punchy without being tiring. Personally I preferred them to B&W 685s2 and 684s2 and Monitor Audio bronze 5. The 685s2 sounded admitedly more muscly but the AE didn't sound at all weedy in comparison and the Monitor Audio sounded very detailed but maybe a touch fatiguing in the treble. The B&W 684 I thought were the least impressive.
What also struck me about the ae109 was how much sound was coming from a really small enclosure, which surprised me and got me wondering how they would sound on the end of my Marantz mcr603 which is rated at 40wpc.
Anyway, I thought they were a great little speaker which bodes well for the newly British owned Acoustic Energy.
Has anybody else heard them and what impression did they make?
I heard them on the end of what I believe was a Bluesound Powernode 2 (integrated streming device and amp) and the sound was nicely detailed, musical and punchy without being tiring. Personally I preferred them to B&W 685s2 and 684s2 and Monitor Audio bronze 5. The 685s2 sounded admitedly more muscly but the AE didn't sound at all weedy in comparison and the Monitor Audio sounded very detailed but maybe a touch fatiguing in the treble. The B&W 684 I thought were the least impressive.
What also struck me about the ae109 was how much sound was coming from a really small enclosure, which surprised me and got me wondering how they would sound on the end of my Marantz mcr603 which is rated at 40wpc.
Anyway, I thought they were a great little speaker which bodes well for the newly British owned Acoustic Energy.
Has anybody else heard them and what impression did they make?