Anyone heard the Alsyvox Botticelli planar speakers?


Full range ribbon tweeter/midrange and push-pull planar magnetic bass driver.  22Hz to 40kHz. 94 dB efficient due to all neo magnets. 260 lbs per speaker.  Has garnered enthusiastic show reviews.  BTW, "only $87k".   Looks beautiful.

https://alsyvox.com/

dracule1

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I along with Dracule now own these wonderful speakers. Some of your fears diminish once you own them and you begin to rediscover your music enjoyment and collection you having been missing out on. You heard them as I did @ RMAF and I take it they did something for you? It is all a matter of personal taste but I quit listening to the other rooms at 3:30 on Saturday PM......no desire to go around except to meet friends.
BTW I never went to the show expecting to find anything but high prices and mediocre sound and have some fun in the mountains. Went mostly to visit friends and find new music. Drove home Sunday depressed with this awe-inspired goal to own these. Mission accomplished and could not be happier. See the WBF for more information.   
If anyone wants to hear the Bonticellis with excellent electronics (CAT Black Path preamp/Concert Fidelity monoblock amplifiers) you are welcome to audition in eastern Nebraska. They are very special speakers without box colorations or driver deficiencies that exist in many designs. I also have sourcing information to purchase the speakers.  
Speed is the fastest I have ever heard.....takes some getting used to. Articulation, resolution, and voicing will keep you up at night with the right electronics. Have to say I leave my listening room just saying wow that was emotional fun. More like live music in a real setting.

I was at a friends in Chicago last weekend listening to Magico Q3 and Gamut RS7i box speakers with various electronics and I had to readjust my hearing when I got home. Resolution is another league with this speaker that is not fair to most box speakers.....as in zero coloration from the panel and built quality and ribbon drivers. 

From the post above you take a risk with anything not local or design but their is a post on WBF Alsyvox forum by Daniele the designer of the durability of the speakers. I think life in general has all sorts of risk so it depends on your list. Daniele is one of the most honest gentleman I have met in audio in my 40 years.....so I trust his statement on the durability. They come shipped in two durable flight cases strapped to a wood crate weighing 720 lbs.....handled only by dolly jacks and trucking companies. These are not speakers for the faint of heart but then go listen and you likely will get the idea of weighing the factors important to you. Alsyvox will be showing Botticelli model with external crossover at the Fall Denver RMAF. You have to listen to understand any of the posts.....same was said of those who heard the big ones (Caravaggio’s) in Munich. Rhapsody Sound in Manhattan will have the small Tintoretto model shortly played with world class electronics.
Botticelli models are here played with CAT Black Path preamp/Concert Fidelity monoblocks. Ping me privately if interested in more detail.
I own the Botticelli speakers and heard them @ RMAF this year also.
My experience is after owning them (since January 2019) you simply forget about owning anything else. I was only at the show to meet up with some people I never get to see. They are everything you heard and then some once you learn how they work. It is one of the end of road speakers that should be on one's list to pursue if you are in that market. 
To those folks above that think these speakers have the mentioned negative issues you are entitled to your thoughts and I respect you for it. However with that said, I have my speakers set up in in much more customary room setting (17X35), have different electronics, CAT preamp. (tubes) paired to Concert Fidelity ZL120SEv2 (known for musicality), and Purist Audio all copper Neptune Luminist cabling, and a T/A MP3100HV source.
The room at RMAF was not by choice but was all that Alsyvox could get to attend the show. The designer had concerns of its room size (29X35) before getting there and the speakers needed a narrower room with a lower ceiling height to perform their best. I was grateful they were able to attend!
Simply put the room was too big for a lot of speakers and with its live character it needed some acoustic treatment. However, there was no way to drag ASC panels etc. from Spain. The electronics were far different from what I own (although be they are excellent) and the cabling was silver-coated copper.
I invite you to Nebraska to really hear these speakers in a dedicated correctly sized room with none of the above mentioned issues you associated with the show condition room. The speakers at the last 2018 RMAF show were a completely different animal in a room (20X25) with the same electronics and I purchased mine from hearing them shortly after that show. Trust me, they are best I have experienced in 35 years in audio and I have owned more speakers than I care to mention. These speakers can be a real endgame source given non-show conditions.
Last, someone must have liked the room, knowing the room was the issue, as several on the WBF and above stated it was the best of show room but also commented the room.


As I said in my post dated 9/10 I still feel I am spot on with my assessment but your MMV.
I have owned the speakers and played them in a smaller room measuring 15X19X9 and now 17X35X9. The smaller room was much harder to tame due to these speakers serious dynamic capabilities and frequency extension.....but it can be done well also. The Tintoretto would work best in the smaller room. The larger room is ideal IMO for either model and I have many hours of listening experience now in this room ad 35 years of listening experience to others. I might also mention that due to the speakers ease to drive and ribbon technology they play softly without losing their magic......I use this feature a lot and still get the soundstaging, extension, and emotion. Not many speakers I have owned before these would do this except for some horns and they had more coloration and way less accurate soundstage capability. Your ears will love this feature of the Alsyvox in a matched room.
There are many electronic choices these speakers will play with but for me a 29X35X14 room was not ideal and not by choice of the manufacturer but all that was available.
As mentioned I bought my speakers based on the 20X25 room from last year RMAF 2018......the speakers will play beyond belief regardless of where they are located as many discovered in the RMAF 2019 room.
As Rhapsody has mentioned music appeal is subject to personal tastes and mood reflections and let us just be grateful for so many choices to accomplish our goals and room requirements.