Greetings Readers of this thread, I am the King Dealer for Colorado and those mostly uninhabited parts of the US like Wyoming, New Mexico and the Dakotas. The Review by Mr. Ede (kiwi) is really interesting. No one can argue at least not successfully about another persons experiences.
Any talented knowledgeable reviewer knows with certainty that bass response is room dependent and while Dipoles are are far less room dependent than other designs they are still room dependent and placement in the room critically affects frequencies that add and cancel. There is lots of material about this on the web for any that care to learn more.
I can say that in the 3 Rooms at CES in which I heard the speakers, My listening room and my customer's room who is auditioning the Kings now, Bass response is delightful. Both my listening room which has 23 foot ceilings and my customers room which has more normal height ceilings open into the rest of the first floor and in my house second floor as well. We have no complaints about the bass response and we find the Kings frequency response to be very smooth and natural in our rooms. Regardless the speakers paint an extraordinary picture of scale and detail. Plus the image is very stable as you move your head around or move around the room but most importantly these speakers sound like real music being played by real musicians which is not the case for most speakers.
Performance Devices is the importer and in their 18 months of importing the King line they have only had one customer with a problem. They are replacing the damaged speaker for this customer. Performance Devices keeps a stock of tweeter and bass panels for warranty replacements.
I want to assure any potential owners that it is your Dealer and Performance Devices that will determine your level of satisfaction with the Kings in terms of customer care.
I know that Roger at Performance Devices and myself are dedicated to delighting customers.
It may be that in middle earth there are things that go on that won't happen here.
