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I see your point ,but I doubt the Zensor3 is in a different class sound wise(superior) to the V4, they are a very capable budget floorstander speaker,and dispel the myth about budget floorstanders, they give the Zensor 5 a run for their money, not better, but not lesser, IMO, jut a different presentiation, I heard the Zensor 5 when I audtioned the V4,
I would like to hear the Zensor 3, but I suspect they will not give me the scale and depth in my listening room as the V4 do but I could be wrong. The budget standmounts I have had sound compressed to me (Tannoy MX2 was dissapointing, various Wharfdale daimonds as well) I own the 10.2 and rarley listen to them now, , ebay soon I think,
The only floorstanders I would avoid are the ultra cheap ones like Acoustic soloutions and Tibo etc Nasty and unrefined
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I guess this maybe comes back to this 'subjective' thing, but, I found that the Zensor 3's were more enjoyable than the Tannoys. The bass didn't seem to be much less extended than the Tannoys, which surprised me, given their size, and it was more tunefull, faster and punchier. The mids and tops were more detailed and sweeter, leaving the Tannoys sounding like they had a bit of a cloud over them. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm getting another power amp to run in bridged mode, which won't work driving a 6ohm load, the Dali's would be sitting in my room now... I didn't give the Zensor 5's a listen, as they're out of my price range, but can't see that they'd be worse than the 3's. Who know's!