Thank you Jtinn and Detlof.
We did not notice the lack of liveness/slam during our listening and appreciate that you did (well, kind of ;-). We like slam as much as the next guy but are willing to modify our amplification to compensate for this particular weakness, should we actually get these speakers.
We are also glad to hear that you are making good use of their ion tweeter, as we had wondered why, if it was so good, other people/manufactorers were not using it - and now we know: they are!
As for the soundstage imaging being better than what is heard at a live venue: I, personally, do not hear hardly any imaging at live venues (we mostly listen to small jazz bands with amplified intstruments at an old, well designed theater building, so there is potential). I always thought this was because the mixing equipment used (and the person operating it) have messed up the feeds from the microphones so that people on the sides of the theater hear everything.
And, re: hologram people vrs. real people - we do not think our ears have enough experience to tell these two apart - but we hoping to learn (and anticipate that this will be as fun and rewarding (and expensive :-) as all the other courses at 'Sonic University').
We did not notice the lack of liveness/slam during our listening and appreciate that you did (well, kind of ;-). We like slam as much as the next guy but are willing to modify our amplification to compensate for this particular weakness, should we actually get these speakers.
We are also glad to hear that you are making good use of their ion tweeter, as we had wondered why, if it was so good, other people/manufactorers were not using it - and now we know: they are!
As for the soundstage imaging being better than what is heard at a live venue: I, personally, do not hear hardly any imaging at live venues (we mostly listen to small jazz bands with amplified intstruments at an old, well designed theater building, so there is potential). I always thought this was because the mixing equipment used (and the person operating it) have messed up the feeds from the microphones so that people on the sides of the theater hear everything.
And, re: hologram people vrs. real people - we do not think our ears have enough experience to tell these two apart - but we hoping to learn (and anticipate that this will be as fun and rewarding (and expensive :-) as all the other courses at 'Sonic University').