While it is true that the AE5 have a bass punch that with some material is a tad over the top, I disagree with it being extreme.
I actually think that many audiophile setups are a tad bass shy. It is a venerable tradition. We grow up, audiophile like, through bookshelf speakers, then perhaps we get tower speakers. But go to a good classical music live concert with a bass heavy string example, and Pachelbel will sound a lot punchier than he did on the bookshelf speaker setup. Listen to some real $20k+ reference speakers, and I think a lot of the budget goes into extra bass w/o loss of control and linearity, it seems to be a fine art, because getting the bass right takes an extremely fine balance. I truly think that the average boohsheld monitor speaker graduate isn't ready for the AE5 sound. Yes, one of the pitfalls in the AE5 is that the bass delivery is a tad undisciplined, contingent on the material. They do a great job with classical music - play a good Pachelbel Canon recording on them, and they sound amazingly live - not punchy. Play some bass heavy and accordingly recorded pop, though, and they'll bug your neighbors. All in all, I think that the AE5 are amazing in their ability to approximate the sound of much more expensive (and more bassy, as a rule) spakers. I do miss my main hokme tower speakers, mind you. -- pablolie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39300 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
