Vienna Acoustic - The Kiss

[Crossie]

I have just bought new speakers. Initial thoughts - marvellous sound 🙂 but they are much biogger than I remeber them :O . I think I will have to do some major reorganisation of my living room.

 

[pyrrhon]

Awesome speakers ! I just wonder how you'll manage the bass with such monsters close to the wall and corners.

 

[CnoEvil]

May you get many hours of pleasure from your excellent system.

:cheers:

 

[kmlav]

Very nice , Looks awsome

my local shop has some ex demo ones which I have been thinking about ... but like you say they are very big .

 

[BenLaw]

They look sweet. What are the dimensions and are they ported?

 

[Balderdash]

Crossie,

Very impressive. What sort of volume can you achieve with large speakers and plenty of power? Are the Wilmslows elsewhere in the house?

regards.

 

[Crossie]

To answer some questions:

Speakers and stands are 130cm high and weigh 135lb each

Bass seems to be very well controlled considering that they are rear ported and relatively close to a wall although window space behind does help.

Wilmslow speakers are retired to the spare bedroom not sure what to do with them. I imagine it will difficult to sell bespoke speakers.

They will go very loud but thats not what it is about for me. The level of detail is astonishing and the bass is very extended for their size and has a quality of texture that was simply missing in my pevious speakers. They are capable of great contrasts in dynamic level for which they cope with ease.

Yes, I need a bigger house. Listening to Wynton Marsalis at the moment.

 

[matt49]

They look bloomin' marvellous.

Good review here:

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/vienna_acoustics_klimt_the_kiss_loudspeaker

:cheers:

Matt

 

[WishTree]

Great spakers! I was tempted by them at one point of time 🙂 It would be interesting to know how you reached to match Cyrus to Kiss.

 

[Crossie]

Peter Bartlett of Cyrus used The Kiss to demonstrate the Cyrus Anniversary set up at the Bristol Show last year.

 

[WishTree]

Peter Bartlett of Cyrus used The Kiss to demonstrate the Cyrus Anniversary set up at the Bristol Show last year.

:cheers:

 

[Deliriumbassist]

I got to listen to The Music with the Cyrus Anniversary at Cyrus HQ. Absolutely fantastic, I would jump at the chance to own those or The Kiss.

 

[steve_1979]

Vienna Acoustic. Probably the best passive speakers I've ever heard. Very nice.

 

[csq2]

These are the best bookshelf speakers in the world. Sonus Faber are close but this is truly reference grade sound.

 

[Crossie]

Bloody big bookshelf!

 

[John Duncan]

I would be so dead if I bought those.

 

[Crossie]

My house, my rules. 🙂

 

[matthewpiano]

VA + Cyrus. Excellent match. I actually love the look of those speakers. Nice set-up.