Anyone heard the Alsyvox Botticelli planar speakers?

Everyone has a personal preference and opinion and that is always respected by me.  The whole audio hobby is subjective.

I would like to say that I worked the Alsyvox room at RMAF and I never engaged with so many people that LOVED the sound of system/room.

You can look at some other forums where several have called the room and the sound AMAZING and many people felt the room was best of show.  

I met hundreds of people during RMAF and right now I am in conversations with 5+ customers who are considering purchasing either Tintorettos or Botticellis, each person basing their buying decisions on what they heard at the show.

Many people don't gravitate to a large room.  I personally loved the room and the sound and would sign up for the same room next year.

I just want to paint an accurate picture as there was NOTHING wrong with room/sound to the vast majority of attendees that visited our room.

Of course there will always be exceptions and again total respect for everyone's opinion.

If someone did not personally hear/visit the room then honestly their opinion or comments are not very valuable to me personally.

I can drive the Tintoretto in a pretty good size room with a 32 Watt PP integrated.  They need about 30 watts.

With saying that when you put 100W or 200W of good SS on the Botticellis or Tintoretto they produce a different sonic presentation.

I don't really know which one (SS or tubes) that I like better, I enjoy both of them, just different.

Aother comment from teh Parttimeaudiophile article.


Mark Schifter // September 11, 2019 at 5:42 PM // Reply

Excellent Review Franklin – this was my pick for Best Sound at the show. 

I was really blown away with their ability to play with authority in that enormous room with ease. Material of all kinds were handled with aplomb. 

Glad you liked them also.

Mark

I can't keep track of the overwhelming commnents and posts from lover's of the RMAF room.  

Just making sure that people understand that the room or sound may not have been to everyone's liking BUT there was NOTHING wrong with the room or the sonic presentation to the VAST majority of our room visitors.  That is certain.

Davey F,

YES, no doubt about it the room was ENORMOUS!!! We were concerned about it prior to setting up and listening.

Here are a few comments from people that heard the system/room at the below links.

The one thing I would say is that I am used to a BIG room with a 20’+ wide soundstage. I feel that this is the size of a real soundstage and my room has this similar size. If you have 5 or more musicians spread out it takes 20’.

For those and there are MANY that are NOT accustomed to such a large soundstage and sound I believe that it just seems too big to them. They are not used to it and might not even like it because it’s so big.

I can also say that when you play tubes ie, Jadis, you get a more realistic 3D holographic soundstage and the sound is more natural than with SS.

I like both the tube and SS presetations equally, they are just different.

Additionaly, everyone is not a planar/ribbon person.  Some will like the look/sound, many won't.  Our experience is that a LOT of people like Alsyvox and at this particular we never heard one criticism during the 4 days, basically just rave comments.  But then on the forums you will find comments from those who preferred other systems/rooms.  That's just normal and not an issue for me anyway.  Different strokes for different folks.  It's all good, just so people are happy.


https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2019/09/11/alsyvox-omega-audio-concepts-rmaf-2019/

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/easily-hands-down-best-speaker-at-rmaf-2019-planar-s...

No doubt about it the room was not ideal. I never said the room was ideal. It was an enormous room with no treatment.

Only one post was it mentioned that the highs were "tipped up" and the bass was wandering. Probably to them it was, who knows? We ALL hear differenntly. Who knows what recording was on when they listened, where they were sitting etc.

Here is Rober H’s (AS) comment on the room.

The full-range planar magnetic Alsyvox($89,000) from Spain was stunningly great, with the lifelike transient performance that only planar designs can deliver.

I can point to almost 30+ posts at this point that thought the sound was mesmerizing. Only one said the sound was "tipped up" and several people thought the room to be too big.

On the flip side, I think I mentioned it prior, I am in conversations with actual buyers that heard the speakers in the room and are seriously consdidering purchase of one of the models.

So if we have many people wanting to purchase and MANY people calling the room Best of Show OR one of the Best of Shows then for me I will sign up for the exact same room next year.

Again, different strokes for differernt folks and I always respect others opinions and preferences.

I also love to discuss the sound and the room with folks who visited the room, like the person that for them the bass was wandering and the highs were tipped up. That’s an interesting conversation and I take no excption with their opinion.

On the other hand discussing the sound and the room with anyone that was not in the room or did not hear the sound personally but are going by what other’s have said is totally fine for anyone to do, I am just not personally interested in engaging in these conversations.

Btw, we are thinking on bringing the Tintorettos to Axpona in a regular, small room driven with tubes....stay tuned. The reality is the Alsyvox speakers can play to large and small rooms as well as with tubes (30 Watts) or SS ( 50 Watts plus).

JD157,

So sorry to hear that your Alsyvox room visit was so unpleasant for you.  Hope that you heard many other rooms at the show that you did enjoy.

Anyway, thank you for taking the time to visit our room.

All the best,

Bob

This will be my last post here on this thread, I do not wish to be associated with it any longer.  

If anyone would like to join informative Alsyvox threads where trolling is NOT  permitted by the moderators come on over to WBF where there are several active Alsyvox threads.  

Greg,

If your speakers are so great and I am not saying they are not, then why not just create a post about your speakers and tell people about them and invite them to listen.

When you jump in other posts that were started for another brand it makes you look desperate.

It is what it is....

Bob