I recently auditioned the Victorys after an extended listening session with Alon Lotus SE's. Both the Alons and the Victorys were driven with a Berning Siegfried amp.
Compared with the Lotus, the Victory struck me as rather forward and lean. I did not feel this was due to inadequate bass, but sounded more like extra upper midrange energy. Now the Lotus SE's are a dipole, and so provide the illusion of spaciousness, air, and a removed presentation, and the Berning is an extemely revealing amp, without any typical tubey warmth. So whatever intrinsic "forward" qualities the Victory might have would be accentuated in this comparison. The Victory's might cotton to a warmer amp, e.g. Cary 300 SEI.
Hope this helps.
Clifford
Compared with the Lotus, the Victory struck me as rather forward and lean. I did not feel this was due to inadequate bass, but sounded more like extra upper midrange energy. Now the Lotus SE's are a dipole, and so provide the illusion of spaciousness, air, and a removed presentation, and the Berning is an extemely revealing amp, without any typical tubey warmth. So whatever intrinsic "forward" qualities the Victory might have would be accentuated in this comparison. The Victory's might cotton to a warmer amp, e.g. Cary 300 SEI.
Hope this helps.
Clifford