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03-25-11
I was wondering how long it would take for this thread to d ... Tbg
03-25-11
Tomorrow, saturday, i will be auditioning the piano cera spe ... Bostonbean
03-25-11
I forgot to add that the spectron will be directly compared ... Bostonbean
03-25-11
Thank you all for your explanations, i'm sorry if i insisted ... Ciro71
03-25-11
Ciro71, try google. Tbg
03-25-11
Sorry, but google does translations suck. these days i'm g ... Ciro71
03-25-11
Go to the munich show. you could probably hear a comparison. Tbg
03-26-11
Got it, thanks. but i wanted you to know that differences fo ... Ciro71
03-26-11
I have not heard a comparison, but the sweetness of the top ... Tbg
03-26-11
Tbg saying the the contriva se sounds betters to you than su ... Argyro
03-27-11
Argyro, i don't understand why you would say that. there are ... Tbg
03-27-11
Tbg, you need to focus on the fact that the sunray is a tw ... Geopolitis
03-27-11
Geopolitis, frankly all of that is irrelevant for me. i don' ... Tbg
03-27-11
Geopolitis, any idea how "black" ceramic driver di ... Quanmer
03-28-11
Quanmer, you better ask tidal for more technical info.... ... Geopolitis
03-28-11
""geopolitis, any idea how "black" ceram ... Elviukai
03-28-11
Elviukai, i suggest you take a look in the news section in ... Geopolitis
03-28-11
Tbg my comment was more close to a "joke" than an ... Argyro
03-28-11
Geopolitics,"quite possibly the best speaker in the wor ... Focalfan
03-28-11
Focalfan, i am glad you found the right speaker for you. ... Geopolitis
03-28-11
Geopolitics,"a person like you that believes that any f ... Focalfan
03-28-11
Because of the kindness of linkster i had an opportunity to ... Bostonbean
03-28-11
Ok maybe we stop at some point? bashing speakers whe have ... Elviukai
03-28-11
Bostonbean, welcome to tidalist family, can you describe mor ... Quanmer
03-29-11
Hi, my name is jörn, designer behind tidal and i just want ... Tidal
03-29-11
Thanks for your response jorn. i couldn't agree with you mo ... Bostonbean
03-30-11: Bostonbean
Quanmer, Let me first say that I am by no means an audiophile and I will admit that I am pretty ignorant about much in the field of audio reproduction. I am, though, a music lover. The most important thing when listening to the reproduction of music for me is how natural it sounds to my ears. I say "my ears" because what sounds natural to me may not sound natural to someone else.
That being said for several months now I have been looking to upgrade from my Gallo 3.5 speakers. I really enjoy the Gallo's but I did want a pair of speakers that were more expansive when playing symphonic music.
I live in a moderately sized condo so when researching different speakers the size of the footprint was the first criteria I used when choosing or eliminating speakers from which to choose. There are many excellent speakers out there but if they are too big I just could not use them.
Next, through reading reviews, owners impressions and in only a couple of listenings I looked for speakers with, again to my ears, the most natural sound. Natural to me is what music actually sounds like in real life. There are speakers that can give overly romanticized or beautiful sound, that "leaves a tear in my eye" sound. That is not for me. I have listened to the Boston Symphony Orchestra numerous times along with listening to several smaller concerts at Jordan Hall here in Boston. No matter how beautiful the music and how much it moved me it never gave me that "tear in my eye". This may not be clear to anyone but myself. Next there are speakers that separate every note and performer to the point that instead of hearing a whole you end up listening to each note and performer individually. I find this highly distracting and again, not natural. In my experience music in real life has notes and performers overlapping and melding together creating a whole. Along this same line imaging is neat but the overall soundstage is more important to me especially when listening to symphonic or "wall of sound" rock music. I want to hear a 3d or real life soundstage. What was really impressive with the Piano's was I could feel the ambiance of the venue where the recording was done on live material. My only other audition was of the Magico V2, a very fine speaker. It was very detailed but somewhat dry to my ears. This can be very seductive but for me not natural and not something I would want to listen to on an ongoing basis.
Next, price. I was comfortably willing to go up to $35K. Beyond that price limit would have made me uncomfortable. Simple as that.
Bottom line the Tidal Piano's more than met all the criteria I listed above. I am really looking forward to how they sound in my listening area. At that time I will give my impressions of them in greated detail.
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04-07-11
Hello, i’m a tidal contriva owner and not an active (writing ... Maceear
04-07-11
Hello maceear! excellent description of the tidal sound. w ... Argyro
04-07-11
Maceear, surprisingly, it's the first time, i felt someone c ... Quanmer
04-07-11
Hello all, with the slower sounding music i do not mean a s ... Maceear
04-07-11
Maceear, i also played guitar, years ago, but i know exactly ... Quanmer
04-07-11
Hello quanmer, nice that you feel the same thing about this. ... Maceear
04-09-11
Maceear, what is zilplex? can't find any in google. Quanmer
04-10-11
Hello quanmer, the zilplex are resonators from a very small ... Maceear
04-11-11
Macceear, since member wiebe has not added to this, can you ... Tbg
04-12-11
Hello all, sorry for the late answer (work and time-differen ... Maceear
04-12-11
Maceear, i guess it was three rocky mountain audio fests ago ... Tbg
04-12-11
Maceear, neither "wiebe" nor "zilplex" c ... Quanmer
04-14-11
Hello music lovers robert send me a mail; there are questio ... Wiebe
04-14-11
Wiebe, can you tell me more how zilplex works? i need to kno ... Quanmer
04-15-11
Hello happy listeners. sorry, jou have to wait a few days fo ... Wiebe
04-18-11
Hello readers, when you have a two speaker system and the tw ... Wiebe
04-27-11
Hi tidal listeners, and want to be’s. go to the tidal site ... Maceear
04-27-11
I am currently considering either rockport arrakis 2 or tida ... Roysen
04-28-11
Roysen, i am afraid that not so many people here have heard ... Quanmer
04-28-11
Hello roysen, i didn’t hear the rockports, so i do not have ... Maceear
04-29-11
I went to audition sunray today, i admit jorn is right, the ... Quanmer
04-29-11
I heard the sunray for about an hour last year in munich acc ... Argyro
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