Today I went to audition. It was not planed at all just a casual listining. So in I went and saw some new Dynaudio Contour,Sugden A21 series, Plinius Hautonga.So I choose to listen to DSOTM. The Sugden cd player was connected to Plinius running the Dynaudio Contour. "Time" track was playing it was excelent. But it was not the wow factor that one gets or suppose to get from a system like that which costs so much.
Then I hooked up the dali zensor 5 to those it was also a good setup and the rythm was good though it missed the very lower bottom but it was enjoyable.
Then I moved onto a different system it was much lower costing. It comprised of dali zensor3 and zensor 1 being run by sugden a21 series amplifier and the Marantz CD6005 did the cd job.
And to my surprise I liked the the Zensor 1 more than the 3, actually I liked it more than any other speaker I heard there. Yes it does not have the scale or the bass but it surely is
damn musical. THen I tried the Ikon 2, Triangle Comete, Zensor 7 but none were that impressivewith subtle diff here n there. Then I tried a Arcam A28 as the newer model as per the dealers
was not as musical as the older one. It was connected to the Dali Ikon though the speaker were sounding good with the sugden but connected to the arcam to achieve the same level of sound
volume the arcam has to be turned to 55 volume dial.which was surprising . The dealer acknowledge the fact and said that it was not delivering the same amount of current.
And these ended the session . The point I want to make is though I listened to system from high cost to budget . The most musical was the Dali zensor 1 runned by Sugden , it was most musical.
So even very medest setup of dali zensor1 marantz cd6005 and sugden will sound sensationally musical if matched properly. One may thinkm going up the budget will satisfy them ,
but they dont realize that good budget system can sound excellent.
Recollecting from memory I once audition Usher Speaker S520, Diamond DMD series with Exposure Amp and it sounded the best that I ever heard. I mention these because I dont see many recomending
them as they are true great speakers.I wanted so much from the Dynaudio Contour and Dali Ikon speakers but they fell short of my expectations.But the dali zensor 1 and 3 to some extent
satisfied me by there sound.
Its been a odd experience.
Then I hooked up the dali zensor 5 to those it was also a good setup and the rythm was good though it missed the very lower bottom but it was enjoyable.
Then I moved onto a different system it was much lower costing. It comprised of dali zensor3 and zensor 1 being run by sugden a21 series amplifier and the Marantz CD6005 did the cd job.
And to my surprise I liked the the Zensor 1 more than the 3, actually I liked it more than any other speaker I heard there. Yes it does not have the scale or the bass but it surely is
damn musical. THen I tried the Ikon 2, Triangle Comete, Zensor 7 but none were that impressivewith subtle diff here n there. Then I tried a Arcam A28 as the newer model as per the dealers
was not as musical as the older one. It was connected to the Dali Ikon though the speaker were sounding good with the sugden but connected to the arcam to achieve the same level of sound
volume the arcam has to be turned to 55 volume dial.which was surprising . The dealer acknowledge the fact and said that it was not delivering the same amount of current.
And these ended the session . The point I want to make is though I listened to system from high cost to budget . The most musical was the Dali zensor 1 runned by Sugden , it was most musical.
So even very medest setup of dali zensor1 marantz cd6005 and sugden will sound sensationally musical if matched properly. One may thinkm going up the budget will satisfy them ,
but they dont realize that good budget system can sound excellent.
Recollecting from memory I once audition Usher Speaker S520, Diamond DMD series with Exposure Amp and it sounded the best that I ever heard. I mention these because I dont see many recomending
them as they are true great speakers.I wanted so much from the Dynaudio Contour and Dali Ikon speakers but they fell short of my expectations.But the dali zensor 1 and 3 to some extent
satisfied me by there sound.
Its been a odd experience.