bhaagensen;356117 Wrote: > Well, since we're in the audiophile forum here we go... The A5's are not > audiophile, and not so by far. Why so? Because they don't possess any > audiophile characteristics. They fail miserably on stuff like clarity, > imaging, centering, precision, freqnency response, tightness in bass > etc. Well OK, they can play loud, but only for short periods of time > before the thermal protection kicks in. > QUOTE] > > I totally disagree. If there is one thing the A5s do NOT do well is to > play very loud. They are NOT designed for boy rocker types. > > I do have an audiophile main system. I can still totally enjoy > lsitening to usic on the A5s - they undoubteldy do deliver true > audiophile qualities. They do provide good staguing and depth, and very > good clarity and transparency. > > I truly think you are merely allowing their price tag to prevent you > from lsitening to them with an open mind. You can obviously not expect > to listen to the same quality levels you'd get out of a $7,000-plus and > well matched system (heavens know I have listened to more expensive > systems that are actually less audiophule than an SB3 hooked up to a > pair of A5s, unfortunately). But you are utterly overstating the > limitations of the A5, the simply fact is that they do sound like > something that 5 years ago would have commanded over 5 times their > price tag in an audiophile shop.
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