Hi, I have repeatedly listened to the Bella Luna & the Venus at a dealer's. I liked the Duevel sound, considering it one I could live with.
They were paired with KR (tube)/ Symphonic Line (ss) and Klimo electronics (tube). If memory serves, cables at all times were Nordost and sources were a Symphonic Line and a Copland cdp + a Clearaudio ref TT playing through a battery powered Clearaudio phono unit.
Imaging was good, with open sound -- air around instruments (s/thing between a dynamic & a stat). Midrange shone particularly with tubes while bass & dynamics were more evident with the ss. I listened to classcial mostly; the overall effect here was involving & pleasing, i.e. not fatiguing and putting music above shortcomings. I found both speakers a tad bass-shy. The Venus presented a more coherent ensemble the slight bass shortage in the room "tying" with the rest of the presentation and being subjectively less evident. The Bella Luna, while superior (IMO) in all respects, clearly evidenced bass shyness in the room -- I suppose, more due to the quality of the rest of the sonic spectrum reproduced than to the implementation of their "passive" sub (the box under the chinese hat:)).
Don't forget that while large, I cannot whether the room was optimised for these speakers...
I've been told that placement for "reasonable results" is not difficult & they play in smaller rooms.
Also supposed to be easy to drive; I humbly disagree. Easy to produce sounds out of, maybe. But to drive well and enjoy full potential, quality current is needed IMO.
They were paired with KR (tube)/ Symphonic Line (ss) and Klimo electronics (tube). If memory serves, cables at all times were Nordost and sources were a Symphonic Line and a Copland cdp + a Clearaudio ref TT playing through a battery powered Clearaudio phono unit.
Imaging was good, with open sound -- air around instruments (s/thing between a dynamic & a stat). Midrange shone particularly with tubes while bass & dynamics were more evident with the ss. I listened to classcial mostly; the overall effect here was involving & pleasing, i.e. not fatiguing and putting music above shortcomings. I found both speakers a tad bass-shy. The Venus presented a more coherent ensemble the slight bass shortage in the room "tying" with the rest of the presentation and being subjectively less evident. The Bella Luna, while superior (IMO) in all respects, clearly evidenced bass shyness in the room -- I suppose, more due to the quality of the rest of the sonic spectrum reproduced than to the implementation of their "passive" sub (the box under the chinese hat:)).
Don't forget that while large, I cannot whether the room was optimised for these speakers...
I've been told that placement for "reasonable results" is not difficult & they play in smaller rooms.
Also supposed to be easy to drive; I humbly disagree. Easy to produce sounds out of, maybe. But to drive well and enjoy full potential, quality current is needed IMO.