Sonic Dreamer:kingsxfan:
I've owned the Emotions and moved onto the Signatures. These are the first speakers that made me forget about the kit and think only of expanding my music collection. I feel lucky to own a pair.
A.R.T. make some truly great loudspeakers, plus you'll never get to deal with any nicer guys than Derek or Ramsey. I can never see myself moving away from the A.R.T. brand, I just 'get' them. One thing is for sure, all you get with A.R.T is the music!
KingsX, thanks for your comment, gosh you have some serious kit!!! Actually, I was dealing with Jordan Accoustics, but I did speak to Derek as well. Paul at Jordan Accoustics kindly lent me a demo pair of Deco 8 Signatures forthree weeks. I was really disarmed and taken with their transparent clarity, but felt there was a bit lacking in bottom end dynamic with the two-way configuration for the cost of the speakers. Every other speaker I listened to at Sevenoaks Hi-Fi (Holborn) and Grahams Hi-Fi in London were are least three-way, if not four-way, which obviously emphasised the bass more. I primarily listen to rock music, so bass is very important in the portrayal. I'm at the point where I think the Deco 15 Signatures is the way to go. I can't imagine anything else out there is going to cut it.
BTW, do you like the band King's X, I have not heard any of their stuff since "Gretchen Goes To Nebraska?"
Cheers,
Sonic D
Yes, I know Paul at Jordan. He's given me some extremely sound advice and he knows his stuff when it comes to ART. He very much helped me on my way to achieving my goals with hifi, especially with my speakers.
The Deco 8 actually go down to 31Hz and spec wise, are quite linear in their response with only +/-3dB variation across 31Hz - 20kHz. With performance like this they will be quite revealing of your equipment and the recording. What you're hearing is probably a very balanced reproduction.
Many speakers have a hump or emphasis in the bass or high frequencies, or a dip in the mid-band which highlights the mid to lower bass regions to give the impression of impact or maybe what you are describing as a dynamics.
It appears there are many people who are not comfortable, or totally unfamiliar with the reproduction of a linear speaker. When they do hear them, they think something is missing, when all that is missing are the sometimes wide errors in frequency response/curve.
A lot of people who dislike ART have only ever heard them for five or ten minutes at a show or-the-like. Anyone who has spent time with mine in my set-up has really, really enjoyed them, go figure!
The Deco 10's go right the way down to 23Hz and are only +/-2dB across their audio band 23Hz - 25kHz which is truly superb linearity, but you'd expect such performance for the outlay. The Emotions, which are very, very similar to the Deco 10's, do seriously deep bass, but it has to be on the recording to be felt and heard. If its not not there, you won't hear or feel it.
If you can hold of a pair of Deco 10 Signatures or Emotion Signatures to listen to, you may hear your music collection in a totally different light. Good luck with your speaker hunt anyway.
Regarding Kings X; I've liked the band for about twenty years, hence my internet handle being Kingsxfan!
Cheers.
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