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Aurum Cantus Leisure 2 vs Quad 12L

Hello,

Very skeptical about the AURUM CANTUS LEISURE 2….
Brand from China, second guessing with my first experience,
Please advise and describe sound of AURUM CANTUS LEISURE 2 if possible because when I heard of the Swan M1 Monitors, they all said Smooth Ribbon sound, warm , relaxed and musical.

Well I have been listening to Apogees for years now, big ribbon buff, I also had the Divas ones for years so I hope you know where I am coming from, the Swans I bought was nothing to what people had described, they said let it burn in for over 80 hours, and guess what I did.
Its was hopeless, I did not like it and will never buy any of that line again.
The original Mission for $150 were better to be honest. The fit and finish of the swans were good and that was it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I am now wondering how would anyone describe the comparison between these two
AURUM CANTUS LEISURE 2 and Quad 12L?

I have no options to audition the AURUM CANTUS LEISURE 2 where I live so….

Thanks and appreciate solid state amplification responses with the system if possible

Thanks
rapogee

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robr45
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I have owned the AC L2se, Quad 12l, 12l Active and 21L2.

It is going to come down to your musical preferences. If you listen exclsuively to Norah Jones and Diana Krall- light jazz, strings, etc than you will really like the AC. The tweeter is really smooth and airy.

However, the Quads are better all around performers in my opinion. They can play loud- they are more coherant from top to bottom and throw a wider, deeper and more pinpoint soundstage. They excel on normal music- rock and pop.

I found myslef to be smitton with the ACs initially but it wore off in only a few months. The Quads I appreciate more and more everytime I sit down.

$.02.

-Rob
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robr45
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Versus the music every seems to fall in love with after they get into this hobby. Audiophile labels, high res, whatever you want to call it.

-Rob
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robr45
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Were just posting our experiences right? I think your theory on speakers being good or bad is flawed to an extent.

The fact is that a Klipsch speaker is going to have different attributes than a Magnepan. Both can be good. That is a fact. Speakers sound different, yes? Could this difference cater better or worse to a specific genre? Apparently your answer is no. Mine is yes.

I found the Lesiure 2 became congested and the woofer and ribbon start sounding like individual speakers when the they were asked to play loud. The Quads dont do this IMO. That was the intent of my comment.

Obviosuly this was not an issue for you with the AC.

Two different experiences with the same speaker- not unusual.

-Rob
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